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Palestinian leader extends State of Emergency until May amid COVID-19 surg
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Gaza, April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has extended the year-long state of emergency for another month, media said.
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Palestinian President gets coronavirus vaccine shot
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Gaza, March 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been vaccinated against COVID-19, the official WAFA news agency reports.
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Palestine set to hold national elections after 14 years
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], January 16 (ANI): Palestine is set to conduct its first national elections this year after a span of 14 years.
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Palestine leadership denounces UAE, Israel, US agreement to normalise ties
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], August 14 (Sputnik/ANI): Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday denounced the agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, his spokesperson said.
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PM Modi, Palestinian President discuss COVID-19 challenges
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held a telephonic conversation with President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas and the two leaders discussed challenges posed by the COVID-19.
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Palestinians reject US Peace Plan, Mahmoud Abbas tells UNSC
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], Feb 12 (ANI): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday (local time) rejected the US President Donald Trump's Middle East Peace Plan at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
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Palestinian President to address UNSC on US Mideast peace deal next week
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], Feb 6 (ANI): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is slated to address the UN Security Council (UNSC) next week over the US Middle East peace plan, better known as the 'Deal of the Century', a senior Palestinian official has said.
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Palestinian President rejects Middle East plan
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], Jan 29 (ANI): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday rejected the Middle East plan unveiled by US President Donald Trump today, remarking that his people's rights are "not for sale".
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Abbas declared Fatah party's 'only candidate' for upcoming presidential po
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], Nov 10 (ANI): Fatah Party has announced Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as its 'sole candidate' for the upcoming presidential poll in the Palestinian territories.
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'Palestine to terminate all deals if Israel goes ahead with West Bank's an
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 27 (Sputnik/ANI): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday said that all agreements with Israel will be terminated if the latter went ahead with its plans to annex the West Bank.
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Abbas suffering from pneumonia, condition improving
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], May 22 (ANI): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is suffering from pneumonia but his condition is improving, confirmed the officials who visited him in hospital.
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Palestine calls for Middle East peace conference
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 21 (ANI): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday called for a Middle East peace conference to be held by mid-2018 and ruled out the United States as a broker of peace with Israel.
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