Abbas calls for general elections in Palestinian Authority
Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas reportedly agreed to hold elections for the presidency and the Palestinian Legislative Council in ...
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As Mideast prepares for peace plan, Greenblatt's legacy lives on
The special representative, who has been one of President Trump's most trusted advisers and the "chief architect" of the administration's ...
Abbas vows new elections upon return to Ramallah from UN
Abbas, 84, made similar pledges in recent years, but no Palestinian parliamentary elections have taken place since 2006.
Father of missing Israeli meets Abbas in West Bank to secure son's return from Gaza
Avera Mengistu has been missing since September 2014 after he was apparently seen crossing into the northern part of the ...
Merkel meets PA President Abbas for talks in Berlin
"We appreciate Chancellor Merkel's efforts to create multilateral cooperation aside from unilateral solutions to create stability and peace in the ...
In bid to 'fight corruption' Palestinian leader fires league of advisers
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas dismisses all of his advisers and ordered a former prime minister and other ex-cabinet ministers ...
9 in 10 Palestinians distrust US economic plan
The survey also finds that 79% of the Palestinian population support their leaders' boycott of the conference, while just 15% ...
Is the new US peace plan going to work?
The White House peace plan has been criticized for relying on what has been tried before but some say its ...
PM: Israel will hear US peace plan in fair, open manner
“We’ll hear the American proposal, hear it fairly and with openness. And I cannot understand how the Palestinians, before they ...
Strategic affairs minister: Time for PA leader Abbas to go
The international community must seek Abbas' ouster as it is the only way to ensure the Middle East peace process ...