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PM Modi meets Palestinian Prez, announces 2 new consulates in US
News | Sep 23, 2024, 05:46 PM ISTPM Modi meets Palestinian President, expresses 'deep concern' over Gaza. On the other hand, PM Modi announced two Indian consulates in Boston and Los Angeles. All of that and much more in today's Speed News.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh resigns amid soaring US pressure
World | Feb 26, 2024, 02:49 PM ISTWith the latest move by the Prime Minister, it is expected that it could open the door to US-backed reforms in the Palestinian Authority.
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Palestinians threaten to end security ties with Israel
World | Feb 22, 2015, 08:30 PM ISTRamallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is threatening to stop security coordination with Israel if the country continues to withhold millions of dollars of Palestinian tax revenue.Nabil Shaath, a senior Palestinian official, says Abbas warned European
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Palestinian president requests to join ICC
World | Jan 01, 2015, 08:47 AM ISTRamallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday signed an official request to join the International Criminal Court, ICC, a day after the UN Security Council rejected a resolution on ending the Israeli occupation.Abbas requested Palestinian
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Germany urges Israel, Palestinians to ease tensions
World | Nov 16, 2014, 06:13 AM ISTRamallah: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday warned of turning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from political into religious due to the growing tension in Jerusalem.Steinmeier's warning came in a joint press conference with Palestinian Minister
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Jordan warns of repeated Israeli violations in Jerusalem
World | Nov 13, 2014, 06:04 AM ISTAmman: King Abdullah II of Jordan on Wednesday warned of repeated and provocative Israeli violations in Jerusalem and against Al Aqsa Mosque, media reported.At a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the Jordanian leader said
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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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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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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