News Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
| about 1 month ago
Abbas says still wants truce despite elections announcement Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that despite an announcement by his authority that Palestinian elections would be held in January, he still believed a truce with Hamas was possible.
News Source: NOW Lebanon
| about 1 month ago
AFP reported on Saturday Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pledging to pursue reconciliation efforts with Hamas, even as they rejected his call for January elections. Abbas issued a decree late Friday calling elections in Jerusalem, the West Bank...
News Source: Reuters
| about 1 month ago
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday he was pressing ahead with January elections but held out hope that reconciliation with his Hamas rivals could still be achieved. Abbas, 74, issued an order for new elections on Friday after...
News Source: Uinta County News
| about 1 month ago
A day after Hamas condemned an announcement by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that elections will be held on January 24, Fatah Central Committee member Jibril Rajoub said Hamas was wrong to reject a Palestinian reconciliation agreement...
News Source: Ynet News
| about 1 month ago
Serry and former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni Photo: Reuters Abbas, a 'progressive partner' Photo: AFP UN Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry says Israel must seize opportunity to resume negotiations on final peace...
News Source: Press TV
| about 1 month ago
Serry regretted the lack of urgency on the Israeli side and said that he "would like to see more commitment" from Israel because he disagreed with those Israelis, who believe the status quo is acceptable. The UN official said Palestinian-Israeli...