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Biden 'expresses support for Gaza ceasefire' in call with Netanyahu
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US] May 18 (ANI): US President Joe Biden, in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, expressed his support for a ceasefire in the fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas, the Palestinian military group in Gaza.
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Biden speaks to Palestinian President Abbas, says Hamas must stop firing r
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US] May 16 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Saturday (local time) held telephonic conversation with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and discussed the violence in Gaza, in which he called for Hamas, the authority's rival, to stop firing rockets into Israel.
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After Netanyahu, Blinken calls on Palestinian President Abbas to de-escala
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 13 (ANI): After speaking to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday (local time) spoke to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and emphasised the need to de-escalate tensions.
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Palestinian President gets coronavirus vaccine shot
Updated : 5 years 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 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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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, 10 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, 1 month 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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