Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has spoken on the phone with President Joe Biden and urged the U.S. to intervene in the conflict and "put an end to Israeli attacks on Palestinians.”
US president affirms his support for a two-state solution, opposes the eviction of Palestinians
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May 15, 2021
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US President Joe Biden urged calm between Israel and Gaza on Saturday and affirmed his support for a two-state solution in his first phone call with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas since taking office, the official Palestinian news agency said.
The conversation came amid heavy fighting between Israel and Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip. Biden dispatched an envoy to the region on Friday to work for calm.
Biden told Abbas the United States is making efforts with the concerned parties to reach the goal of reducing violence in the region, a summary of the call published by
Israel pounded Gaza on Saturday, destroying a tower block that housed news media organisations, while Palestinian rocket salvoes hit Tel Aviv with no sign of an end to almost a week of fighting.
Hamas | Islamists, militants and nationalists all in one
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A creation of the first intifada, Hamas has risen from a charity in Gaza to a key, controversial force of the Palestinians’ fight against occupation
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A creation of the first intifada, Hamas has risen from a charity in Gaza to a key, controversial force of the Palestinians’ fight against occupation
When Israeli troops stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque on May 10, the day Israel observed as Jerusalem Day this year, commemorating the capture of the eastern part of the city in 1967, Hamas, the Islamist militant group that runs Gaza Strip, immediately issued an ultimatum. Hamas asked Israel to pull back all troops from the Al-Aqsa compound, which houses Islam’s third holiest mosque, and stop all actions to evict Palestinian families from East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood by the evening. Israel ignored it. In the evening, Hamas launched dozens of rockets fro