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Mahmoud Abbas

Type: Person

Name: Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen)

Title: President

Organization: Office of the President, Palestinian National Authority

Date of Birth: 26/03/1935

Place of Birth: Safad

Fact Sheet: Biography for Mahmoud Abbas

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 19 mins ago - 9 reports

U.S. effort for Mideast talks elicits praise, reservations

Israeli and Palestinian officials privately say chances of success remain low for Secretary of State John F. Kerry's push to revive peace talks. JERUSALEM Wrapping up his fourth Holy Land trip in three months, Secretary of State John F. Kerry voiced optimism ... [Published Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago]

Entities: John Kerry, Israel, Elicitation

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 34 mins ago - 13 reports

William Hague

Britain fully backs US peace efforts, says Foreign Secretary Hague

Ramallah (dpa) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Thursday that London fully backs US efforts to restart negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel.Hague met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, where the two discussed ... [Published Europe Online Magazine - 2 hours ago]

Entities: William Hague, Peace Process, John Kerry

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

Mahmoud Abbas

The Deal the Palestinians Rejected, The History that Was Never Made

In a stunning development that calls into question the basic willingness of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to accept any peace agreement with the Jewish State,TheTower.org has obtained a hand-drawn map created by Abbas documenting a 2008 peace proposal ... [Published Cutting Edge News - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Ehud Olmert, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Palestinian National Authority

Analysts expect "nothing much new" from Kerry's Middle East tour

The United States Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel on Thursday as part of his efforts to restart the peace process, but analysts expect "nothing much new" from his tour and caution the public to lower expectations. It is Kerry's fourth ... [Published Individual.com - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, John Kerry, Palestinian National Authority, Al-Quds University

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 7 reports

John Kerry

Kerry pursues Mideast peace a bite at a time

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Secretary of State John Kerry nibbled away at a Mideast peace plan Thursday, taking time off from a busy political schedule to drop in to a West Bank restaurant for some regional specialties.After meeting with Palestinian Authority ... [Published Los Angeles Times - 5 hours ago]

Entities: John Kerry, Mahmoud Abbas, Ramallah

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 2 reports

Benjamin Netanyahu

Kerry urges Netanyahu Abbas to compromise for peace

Kerry to Peres: This moment is critical for Israel, region The two met spoke in the evening after a long day of back-to-back meetings that included talks with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.It is likely ... [Published The Sydney News - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, HM King Abdullah II of Jordan, World Economic Forum

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Ehud Olmert

Sketched Map of Olmert?s 2008 Land-for-Peace Offer Released

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at their trilateral meeting at the David Citadel Hotel, Jerusalem. Photo: wiki commons. Times of Israel ? A sketched map of Israeli ... [Published Algemeiner.com - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Ehud Olmert, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

iENGAGE / A letter to Abbas: Don't prove naysayers right

Some Israelis are counting on you to waste this opportunity, but most would prefer you as a true peace partnerDonniel Hartman Photo: CourtesyDear President Abbas,The new administration in Washington has brought to our neighborhood a Secretary of State ... [Published Jerusalem Post - 9 hours ago]

Entities: iEngage, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, Religion, Barack Obama

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 reports

Kerry detours for Palestinian shwarma

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Secretary of State John Kerry says he's all in for Palestinian shwarma.Kerry chomped one of the meat sandwiches after meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank.Asked what toppings he wanted, Kerry said, quote, ... [Published Miami Herald - 10 hours ago]

Entities: John Kerry, Mahmoud Abbas, Ramallah

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Abbas met with US Secretary of State in Ramallah

, 17:28 / Israel NewsPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with US Secretary of State John Kerry in his office in Ramallah to further discuss efforts to restart the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.Initially, the two met with senior ... [Published Ynet News - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Mahmoud Abbas, Ramallah, Elior Levy, Israel, William Hague

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 6 reports

Kerry Meets Netanyahu, Abbas to ‘Exhaust Possibilities of Peace’

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel from Jordan signaling he hopes to prepare the ground for a “surprise” revival of peace talks with Palestinians.The top U.S. diplomat said he aims to “lay on a path ahead that can conceivably surprise ... [Published Bloomberg - 14 hours ago]

Entities: John Kerry, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 2 reports

J Street: Demand Israel’s Peace Process Goal be Palestinian State

In a May 22 email to the many thousands on J Street’s virtual rolodex, the organization that calls itself “pro-Israel, pro-peace” revealed its true nature: it is focused solely and exclusively on the creation of a Palestinian State, and peace be damn ... [Published Jewish Press - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Palestinian State, Israel, Government of Israel, Peace Process

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U.S., Israel Raise Hopes for Mideast Peace Restart [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - 15 hours ago] (JERUSALEM) — The United States and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry‘s two-month-old effort to get Israelis and Palestinians back ...
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