Mahmoud Abbas

Netanyahu Holocaust comment not backed by scholarly evidence?: U.S.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's comments on Wednesday linking a Muslim leader to the Hol...

Oct 22, 2015 03:40 AM EDT

Israel sets up East Jerusalem roadblocks in bid to stem attacks

Israel set up roadblocks in Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem and deployed soldiers across...

Oct 14, 2015 09:07 PM EDT

U.N. General Assembly approves Palestinian request to fly its flag

Palestine's flag will fly at United Nations headquarters after the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmin...

Sep 10, 2015 07:22 PM EDT

Power shifts fuel talk of change in Palestinian politics

Rumblings in Ramallah in recent weeks have raised expectations that Palestinian politics is in play,...

Jul 27, 2015 10:08 AM EDT

U.S. top court backs Obama, invalidates Jerusalem passport law

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down a law that would let American citizens born in Jerusale...

Jun 08, 2015 05:54 PM EDT

Israeli aircraft strike, PM accuses world of ignoring Gaza rockets

Israeli aircraft struck the Gaza Strip on Sunday after the latest in a series of Palestinian rocket ...

Jun 07, 2015 09:38 AM EDT

Pope Francis canonizes two Palestinian nuns

Pope Francis named two Palestinian women as saints on Sunday, in a ceremony in Saint Peter's Square ...

May 17, 2015 06:04 PM EDT

Embattled from the outset, new Netanyahu government sworn in

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new rightist coalition government, hobbled by a razor-th...

May 14, 2015 06:24 PM EDT

Vatican says has agreed first treaty with State of Palestine

The Vatican concluded its first treaty that formally recognises the State of Palestine, with an agre...

May 13, 2015 06:12 PM EDT

Palestinians want world pressure on Israel after Netanyahu win

Palestinian leaders on Wednesday called for international pressure on Israel and support for their u...

Mar 19, 2015 07:13 AM EDT

Kerry says unclear whether interim Iran deal within reach

On the eve of fresh talks with Iran, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said it was unclear whether ...

Mar 14, 2015 10:16 AM EDT

Israeli troops shoot and kill Palestinian in West Bank clash

Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the military and a Pa...

Feb 24, 2015 04:57 AM EST

Swedish, Palestinian leaders to meet after row with Israel

President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Sweden's new prime minister on Tuesday to further international su...

Feb 10, 2015 06:28 AM EST

Israel lobbies foreign powers to cut ICC funding

Israel is lobbying member-states of the International Criminal Court to cut funding for the tribunal...

Jan 18, 2015 05:41 AM EST

After attacks, arm-in-arm world leaders join mass Paris march

World leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen linked arms to lead an estimated million-plus Fr...

Jan 11, 2015 04:44 PM EST

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