Temple Mount Crisis: Dramatic Move as President Abbas Freezes Relations With Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas freezes relations with Israel at all levels in response to the Temple Mount crisis. “Relations with Israel will be frozen at all levels until Israel commits itself to canceling More...
Your Questions About the Abbas Visit Answered
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was greeted by President Trump at the White House today for the first meeting between the two leaders. While their discussions were private, they held a brief press availability. Below, More...
Officials in Jerusalem Are Missing Obama Earlier Than Expected
Jason Greenblatt, Donald Trump’s special representative for international negotiations, has received a mandate from the American president to reach a formula for an agreement in the Middle East within a year. Greenblatt More...
Abbas Petitions Trump for Palestinian State Alongside Israel
Israel and the Palestinians: For the first time since he took office, US President Donald Trump spoke on Friday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. According to Abbas Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh, More...
Abbas: Willing to Resume Peace Talks if Israel Freezes Settlements
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday he was willing to resume peace talks with Israel on the condition it halts settlement construction in response to a speech by US Secretary John Kerry on the Middle More...
Israeli-Arabs Disgusted With Leaders for Boycotting Peres Funeral
Many Israeli-Arabs are expressing their disgust with Knesset members from the Joint Arab List who decided to boycott the funeral of former President Shimon Peres on Friday. “I don’t think that there will More...
Palestinian President Abbas to Attend Shimon Peres’ Funeral
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and three other PA officials are set to attend the funeral of Israel’s ninth president Shimon Peres in Jerusalem on Friday. This will be Abbas’ first official More...
Abbas to European Parliament: ‘Help Us End the Occupation’
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas strongly criticized Israel during his Thursday address to the European Parliament in Belgium but stressed that his hands were outstretched for peace. Abbas said Israel More...
Mahmoud Abbas Worth Over $100 Million?
The Palestinian Authority has just discovered what every (Arab) Palestinian child knows — that hundreds of millions of dollars had been embezzled during the era of Yasser Arafat. The “discovery”, More...
Abbas’s Brother Receives Treatment in Tel Aviv Hospital
The brother of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is hospitalized in critical condition at Assuta Medical Center in Tel Aviv. His admission to the Israeli hospital took place in secret. Abu Lawi, Abbas’s More...