WASHINGTON, May 28 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama expressed optimism Thursday that Israel would realize a two-state solution with Palestine is in its best interests in the long term.
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has assured Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of continued support of the peace process in the Middle East.
WASHINGTON, July 14 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during his Mideast trip, a Palestinian official said Monday.
JERUSALEM, April 8 (UPI) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert held intense negotiations to push for a peace settlement, officials said.
JERUSALEM, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams began in a Jerusalem hotel Monday following a seven-year hiatus.
RAMALLAH, West Bank, June 18 (UPI) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday dissolved the PA national security council, CNN reported. The council, which had been part of the Palestinian unity government, decided which parts of Gaza and the West Bank would be controlled by Fa
JERUSALEM, May 31 (UPI) -- The Palestinian Authority named Col. Mahmoud Damra, whom Israel accused of plotting terror attacks, to command a West Bank force, the Jerusalem Post reported.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- President Bush's White House meeting with Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas did little to move the Mideast peace process.
WASHINGTON, May 26 (UPI) -- President Bush and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called Thursday on Israel to stop building new settlements on the West Bank.
GAZA, April 27 (UPI) -- Foreign Minister Nasser Kidwa says Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss Mideast peace when they meet.
