World Sep 25 WATCH: Palestinian Authority’s Mahmoud Abbas addresses U.N. General Assembly By Farnoush Amiri, Lee Keath, Associated Press
World Sep 19 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to address U.N. meeting virtually after U.S. revoked visa Abbas had hoped to attend a meeting next week called for by France and Saudi Arabia aimed at advancing a two-state solution to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. France, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia plan to recognize a Palestinian state. By Associated Press
World Aug 30 Palestinian President Abbas’ office urges U.S. to reinstate his visa ahead of key UN meetings The Palestinian president's office on Saturday urged the U.S. government to reverse its unusual decision to revoke his visa, weeks before he was meant to appear at the U.N.’s main annual meeting and an international conference about creating a Palestinian state. By Imad Isseid, Associated Press
World Aug 29 U.S. revokes visas of Palestinian president, other officials ahead of UN General Assembly Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month’s annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, a step the Palestinian Authority decried as against international law. By Matthew Lee, Associated Press
World Apr 26 Palestinian President Abbas appoints new vice president in major step to naming a successor The appointment of Hussein al-Sheikh as vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization does not guarantee he will be the next Palestinian president. But it makes him the front-runner among longtime politicians in the dominant Fatah party who hope to succeed the… By Jalal Bwaitel, Associated Press
Apr 23 Israeli strike in Gaza kills 23 people as Arab mediators seek a long-term truce By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press An overnight Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City has killed 23 people and set tents ablaze, burning people alive. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 4:06 Blinken urges Palestinian Authority to show it’s ready to govern Gaza after war By William Brangham, Alexis Cox, Zeba Warsi The Biden administration has spent Wednesday pressing the Palestinian Authority to reform itself and show it's ready to govern Gaza after the Israel-Hamas war. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken carried that message to the authority's president, Mahmoud Abbas, in the… Continue watching
Nov 05 Blinken meets Abbas in the West Bank in latest stop on his diplomacy trip amid Israel-Hamas war By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought his diplomatic push on the Israel-Hamas war to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Biden administration's latest effort to ease civilian suffering in the Gaza Strip and start to sketch out… Continue reading
Oct 17 Summit with Arab leaders in Jordan called off as President Biden heads to Israel By Colleen Long, Aamer Madhani, Chris Megerian, Associated Press Jordan called off the president's planned summit with Arab leaders after a deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital killed hundreds. Biden now will visit only Israel and will postpone his travel to Jordan, a White House official says. Continue reading
Oct 14 Biden urges Palestinian and Israeli leaders to allow humanitarian aid to the region By Matthew Lee, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press President Joe Biden on Saturday spoke with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging the leaders to allow humanitarian aid to the region and affirmed his support for efforts to protect civilians. Continue reading