Jordan's King Abdullah made a rare visit to the West Bank Monday to hold talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as the Palestinian leader is expected to renew reconciliation talks with rival political faction Hamas later in the week.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas admits they didn't get everyone released they'd hoped for.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, meeting Friday with his French counterpart, lauded an upcoming prisoner exchange and decried what he said were Israeli plans to expand housing in settlements.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stood before a cheering crowd Sunday upon his return from the U.N. General Assembly, where he launched a controversial bid for Palestinian statehood.
The U.N. speeches of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are behind us. There are doubts that Abbas will even be able to secure the necessary nine of 15 votes in the U.N. Security Council to support a resolution on statehood, regardless of the expected U.S. veto.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' ambitious push to gain full U.N. membership may seem unrealistic, but analysts say he is making hard-nosed calculations rooted in domestic politics.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas requests official recognition of a Palestinian state at the U.N. General Assembly.
Declaring "there is no short-cut to peace," in his U.N. speech, President Barack Obama swiftly rejected the current Palestinian bid for statehood. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Obama deserved a "badge of honor" for his stance, while a high-ranking Hamas official commented that "turning to the United Nations would get Mr. Abbas nothing."
In Bethlehem's Manger Square, on the streets of Tel Aviv, at the scenic Mount of Olives overlook, and in places all around the region, much of the conversation has revolved around one topic the last few weeks: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' intention to request formal recognition of statehood for Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly on Friday.
As the international community works on a package of initiatives to avoid a diplomatic showdown over Palestinian statehood at the U.N. Security Council this week, the presidents of the United States and the Palestinian Authority will meet to discuss the issue, a senior U.S. official told CNN.
The Israeli prime minister on Monday appealed for direct peace negotiations with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, to be started in New York and continued in Jerusalem and Ramallah.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he will pursue a full United Nations membership bid during a speech Friday that was likely meant to both make the case for membership and manage domestic expectations.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas lays out his mission to get the U.N. to recognize Palestinian statehood.
Mahmoud Abbas accepts the resignation of his govt. ministers and tasks his prime minister with creating a new government.
Leaked documents reportedly show Palestinians willing to make unprecedented concessions in negotiations with Israel.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Thursday asserted his government's right to petition the United Nations Security Council to recognize a Palestinian state if Israel refuses to halt settlement construction in the occupied West Bank.
Arab nations meeting in Libya said they will support Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' decision to refrain from direct peace talks unless Israel stops settlement construction.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he will meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Paris next month.
New construction began at settlement sites in the West Bank Monday, just hours after the expiration of a 10-month Israeli government moratorium on building.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has added a late-day meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, as the United States seeks a way to avoid the collapse of Middle East peace talks over this weekend's end to an Israeli moratorium on settlement construction, the U.S. State Department announced.
The clock is ticking as the United States seeks a way to keep Middle East peace talks from falling apart over this weekend's end to an Israeli moratorium on settlement construction.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, now embarked on a peace process with israel, urged the importance of halting Israeli settlement construction.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas one-on-one every two weeks to discuss "the agenda for a peace agreement," he said Sunday.
President Mahmoud Abbas calls for Israelis to stop building settlements and allow for free movement.
The administration of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas lashed out at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday, a day after Ahmadinejad criticized Abbas for renewing direct peace talks with Israel.
After two days of meetings and talks led by President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Israeli and Palestinian leaders leave Washington deadlocked over the contentious issue of Israeli settlements.
Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell discusses ongoing peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians.
New rounds of talks between Israelis and Palestinians begin with both sides laying out their views for enduring peace.
If this week's Mideast peace talks brokered by the Obama administration go well, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is offering to host a second round of talks later this month in his country, according to two officials close to the talks.
Two days ahead of the first direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders since 2008, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with two key players in the discussion.
Special U.S. Envoy George Mitchell is expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday -- a day after he huddled with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank.
The United States is urging diplomacy by the Mideast Quartet to help push a speedy resumption of direct peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday to restart peace talks with Israel saying he hopes Abbas "will accede not only to my call, but to that of many in the international community."
Security and border-issues were the main topics on the agenda Thursday at a meeting between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he is ready for a new round of peace talks with Israel, but he harbors a jaded view of the exercise.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that he would not accept a Palestinian state with temporary borders and described an Israeli proposal for such an arrangement as a "trap."
The chief of staff for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is denying allegations that he used the power of his office to extract sex from a female job seeker.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas does not plan to run for re-election in January, he said Thursday.
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday defended a controversial decision to defer action on a United Nations report accusing Israel and Hamas of war crimes.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday accused Israel of blocking steps toward peace, just a day after Israel's prime minister defended a military offensive in Gaza.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas criticizes Israel's 'colonial occupation' of Palestinian land.
Poor Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas! He returned to Palestine empty-handed and politically weakened after the tripartite summit this week with President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
President Obama says he and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas talked about peace in the Middle East.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday the time has come for the international community to bear its "legal, political and moral responsibilities" in order to reach peace in the Middle East.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak plans to meet Monday in Cairo with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss developments in talks with Hamas, according to Egypt's government-owned Al-Ahram newspaper.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Spain's prime minister on Thursday hailed a cease-fire proposal as the best way to end the fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza.
Israel released nearly 200 prisoners into the West Bank Monday, a move it says is a goodwill gesture aimed at bolstering efforts to end decades of conflict in the region.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that Israeli plans to build 1,300 homes in East Jerusalem pose the "greatest obstacle" to Mideast peace.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called for talks with rival Hamas aimed at forming a new government after a yearlong political and territorial split.
CNN's Hala Gorani sits down for an exclusive interview with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is recovering Thursday after undergoing an angioplasty procedure Thursday at a Jordanian hospital, one of his aides told CNN.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday that he will have a bilateral meeting with President Bush in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in May.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday he failed to achieve
any progress in Middle East peace talks with President Bush and he was
returning home with little to show for his visit
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert resumed face-to-face peace negotiations Monday after nearly two months marred by heavy Gaza Strip violence
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday he will heed calls to renew peace talks with Israel -- an about-face from earlier in the day when he said Palestinians wouldn't return to the table before reaching a cease-fire.
Israel early Monday began releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners who are aligned with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, as part of a goodwill gesture.
The Israeli and Palestinian public have low expectations for the Annapolis summit. CNN's Atika Shubert reports
Calling this "a time of renewed hope," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced Wednesday a former NATO commander will step into a new role as U.S. special envoy for Mideast security.
President Bush meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will travel to Annapolis, Maryland, next week where they hope to jump-start the long-dormant Mideast peace process.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas tackled the biggest issues dividing the two sides at their meeting on Tuesday -- final borders, Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees, an Israeli official said.
Israel released 255 Palestinian prisoners on Friday as part of a series of goodwill gestures designed to bolster Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in his standoff against Hamas.
Israel releases prisoners
Israel will free 250 Palestinian prisoners later this week -- nearly all of them from the Fatah faction of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
Abbas' militia defying orders
Some participants at the Arab-Israeli talks believe a strong resolve to seek an agreement has been established. Not so fast, say the pessimists
The meeting of Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Palestinian President Abbas is designed to warn Hamas about going it alone
Hamas has denied Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' accusation that it is planning to assassinate him.
Nearly $60 million in U.S. aid to the Palestinians has been cleared for transfer to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, the State Department said Tuesday.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have agreed to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a three-way summit as a way to generate momentum for the stalled Middle East peace process, U.S. and Israeli officials said Monday.
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya and President Mahmoud Abbas met early Friday and agreed to withdraw armed militants from the streets, Haniya said.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and British Prime Minister Tony Blair met for talks Monday, with both leaders urging new efforts to resume the Mideast peace process.
The leading Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agreed to a cease-fire after street battles left at least two people dead, leaders of other parties involved in the talks announced early Monday.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is indicating he may call for early elections in the Palestinian territories, Palestinian official Saeb Erakat told CNN.
The ruling Hamas party will not join any Palestinian unity government that recognizes Israel, according to a spokesman for Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya.
Palestinian security forces were on high alert Monday after Palestinian Authority and Hamas security forces clashed in Rafah, resulting in two deaths.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday scheduled a July referendum on a proposal to establish a Palestinian state alongside Israel -- even though ruling party Hamas has rejected the plan.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that he will call a referendum on Palestinian statehood that would implicitly recognize Israel's right to exist.
The Hamas leader set to become the next Palestinian prime minister showed his list of Cabinet picks Sunday to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, a key step toward the militant group's assumption of political power.
Hamas leaders plan to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza on Sunday night to discuss the lineup of their proposed Palestinian Cabinet.
Israel is on high alert following the siege of a prison in the West Bank city of Jericho and the arrest of wanted Palestinian prisoners.
The Hamas-led parliament was sworn in Saturday during ceremonies in Ramallah and Gaza City, officially removing the ruling Fatah Party from its decades-long position of prominence in Palestinian politics.
The future of the Middle East entered a new era of uncertainty Thursday, as the militant Palestinian opposition group Hamas snatched power from the ruling old guard and made skeptics of many key players in the peace process.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon have agreed to meet Tuesday in an effort to push the peace process forward, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has postponed Palestinian legislative elections set for July 17, officials in his office said Saturday.
Israel began the release of about 400 Palestinian prisoners Thursday -- the second phase of the prisoner releases promised under a cease-fire agreement between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas underwent a successful minor heart procedure, one of his top advisers said Wednesday in an interview with WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday kicked off a visit to Washington that will include his first meeting with President Bush since winning election in January.
President Bush will offer tens of millions of dollars in direct aid to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during their planned meeting Thursday, administration sources told CNN Wednesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Sunday he plans to meet soon with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and will urge him to take action quickly against extremist Islamic organizations.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says he wants to form a independent Palestinian state "as soon as possible."
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has told an international gathering in London that the Palestinian Authority has made a final decision to unify its patchwork security services, a move called for by the United States and Israel.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said he believes peace with Israel is possible -- but that an end to violence is a "mutual commitment" -- ahead of a conference designed to build support for the new Palestinian leadership.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced a cease-fire agreement in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Tuesday. Following is a transcript of Abbas' speech:
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have accepted invitations for a summit next week in Egypt, officials on both sides said Wednesday.
A meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and newly elected Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has been tentatively scheduled for February 8, Abbas' spokesman, Hassan Abu Libdeh, has said.
Israel has told Palestinian officials it is stopping targeted killings of senior members of Palestinian militant groups, Israeli sources said Wednesday.
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