Mahmoud_Abbas - President Obama meets with President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas in Washington

President Obama meets with President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas in Washington

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on May 28, 2009. (UPI Photo/Michael Reynolds/Pool)


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CAIRO, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday Egypt will continue to be the sole mediator in the dispute between rival factions Fatah and Hamas.
Poll: Palestinians want Abbas to stay
GAZA, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- A clear majority of Palestinians want Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to stay in office until the next presidential elections, a poll indicates.
JERUSALEM, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Israel will not meet Palestinian demands to freeze all construction of West Bank and east Jerusalem settlements, an unnamed senior government official says.
JERUSALEM, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- There be no letters of guarantee presented when U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell meets with Israelis and Palestinians, diplomatic sources say.
Abbas: Will talk after settlement freeze
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he's open to peace negotiations with Israel, but only after Jewish settlement building is halted.
Netanyahu seeks peace talks restart terms
JERUSALEM, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Arriving at terms for restarting Palestinian peace talks is atop Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's agenda while in Egypt, local reports indicate.
JERUSALEM, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A German mediator will resign if Hamas and Israel cannot agree within three weeks to the release of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, officials said.
PLO council calls for Abbas to remain
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The PLO Central Council is calling for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to remain in power until Gaza and the West Bank have new elections.
Abbas set to postpone elections
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is preparing to formally delay January's presidential and parliamentary elections, a party official said.
Abbas: No Mideast peace with me in office
CAIRO, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he doubted a Middle East peace accord would be reached before the end of his term.
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