Mahmoud Abbas
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Mahmoud Abbas says keen to contnue dialogue with Hamas
World | Oct 19, 2014, 06:24 AM ISTRamallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday that he is keen to keep dialogue with Hamas movement going to finalise reconciliation and end the internal rift.Abbas' said this at the inauguration of his Fatah
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Palestinian President suggests banning Jews at Jerusalem holy site
World | Oct 18, 2014, 10:30 AM ISTJerusalem: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suggested today that Jews should be banned from a Jerusalem holy site revered by both Jews and Muslims.Abbas made the comments following recent clashes between Palestinian worshippers and Israeli forces
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Modi meets influential Jewish group in US
World | Sep 28, 2014, 08:21 PM ISTNew York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met an influential Jewish group here and conveyed that India was proud of the community's acknowledgment that it has been an integral part of Indian society for 2,000
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Mahmoud Abbas wants UN emergency session on Gaza
World | Jul 21, 2014, 07:15 AM ISTRamallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called on the UN Security Council to hold an emergency session to discuss Israel's ongoing large-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip."The failure of the Security Council to
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Abbas, Kerry discuss ceasefire in Gaza
World | Jul 11, 2014, 07:16 AM ISTRamallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday urged US Secretary of State John Kerry to work jointly to ensure a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, a media report here said.Abbas and Kerry discussed recent developments
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Palestinian president seeks UN probe into Israeli crimes
World | Jul 07, 2014, 07:05 AM ISTRamallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday asked the UN to form an international fact-finding committee to investigate what he described as ongoing Israeli violations against the Palestinians. Abbas's comments came after his meeting in the
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Tensions soar in east Jerusalem; Israel moves troops near Gaza
World | Jul 04, 2014, 06:44 AM ISTJerusalem: Tensions soared in Arab-dominated areas of east Jerusalem today following the death of a young Arab boy in a suspected "revenge" attack by right wing extremists as Israel moved troops to its border with
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Holocaust 'most heinous crime', says Palestine's Abbas
World | Apr 27, 2014, 04:40 PM ISTJerusalem: In a rare gesture towards Israel, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today for the first time publicly decried the Nazi genocide of Jews in the Holocaust as “the most heinous crime” against humanity in modern
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Abbas Seeks Full UN Membership For Palestinian State
World | Sep 24, 2011, 07:19 AM ISTUnited Nations, Sept 24: Unfazed by US-Israel opposition, Palestine on Friday staked its claim to become a full member of the United Nations in its long quest for statehood and sought a positive vote on
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Singh Writes To Abbas, Assures India's Support At The UN
World | Sep 20, 2011, 08:02 AM ISTNew York, Sep 20: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written a letter to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas assuring him of India's “full support” for his country's bid for statehood at the UN.“India has always