CAIRO, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Israel's intransigence on West Bank settlement expansion torpedoed a U.S. attempt to restart peace negotiations, a Palestinian leader said Saturday.
JERUSALEM, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Israeli observers say they expect tensions on the West Bank between Hamas and Fatah to rise as the tenure of the Palestinian president draws to an end.
DAMASCUS, Syria, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Damascus for a two-day state visit to Syria.
RAMALLAH, West Bank, March 2 (UPI) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday broke off contact with Israel to protest Israeli military raids in Gaza.
JERICHO, West Bank, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Palestinian Authority and Israeli leaders Monday discussed the obstacles delaying the creation of a Palestinian state.
RAMALLAH, West Bank, March 24 (UPI) -- The United States has been asked by the Palestinian Authority chairman to open negotiations for a final Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, a report says.
JERICHO, West Bank, March 15 (UPI) -- Palestinian leaders are calling Israel's raid of a Jericho prison an "unforgivable crime" intended to "embarrass" them.
DAMASCUS, Syria, July 7 (UPI) -- Syria President Bashar Assad Thursday assured visiting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas of his country's support to Palestinian unity.
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager Monday following an argument in the West Bank city of Hebron, Palestinian Security sources said.
GAZA, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- A senior Islamic Hamas leader said Thursday Palestinian President-elect Mahmoud Abbas is not authorized to reach a cease-fire.
