Abbas

Haneyya phones Abbas to boost reconciliation efforts

Tuesday-19-September-2017

One day after the Hamas Movement dissolved its administrative committee in Gaza head of its political bureau Ismail Haneyya on Monday spoke over the phone with Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas for the first time in nearly a year to discuss the current reconciliation efforts.

Abbas position regarding Hamas reconciliation step ambivalent

Monday-18-September-2017

A great deal of ambivalence persists as to the position adopted by the Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas regarding a much-praised decision by Hamas to disband Gaza’s administrative committee.

Takaful asks Abbas to end his punitive measures against Gaza

Monday-18-September-2017

The National Islamic Commission for Development and Social Solidarity (Takaful) has called on Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas to end all his punitive measure against the Gaza Strip after Hamas dissolved its administrative committee.

FPJ: Abbas’s cybercrime law “suppressive”

Sunday-10-September-2017

The Forum of Palestinian Journalists (FPJ) has condemned the cybercrime law that was devised recently by president Mahmoud Abbas as “suppressive” and aimed at journalists especially those who use modern media platforms to express opinions.

Abbas halts monthly payments for Palestinian Prisoner Society

Saturday-9-September-2017

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has cut off the financial allocations for the Palestinian Prisoner Society which is concerned with the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails for unreleased reasons.

Trump to meet with Abbas Netanyahu on sidelines of UN gathering

Wednesday-6-September-2017

US President Donald Trump is expected to meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York later this month Haaretz reported Wednesday quoting local officials.

Abbas meets with Erdogan in Ankara

Monday-28-August-2017

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday in the Turkish capital of Ankara.

Abbas to meet with Erdogan on Monday

Sunday-27-August-2017

Palestinian Authority's president Mahmoud Abbas arrived on Sunday evening in the Turkish capital of Ankara for a three-day visit.

Barhoum slams Aloul for justifying Abbas’s measures against Gaza

Thursday-24-August-2017

Spokesman of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas Fawzi Barhoum slammed the member of Fatah Movement’s Central Committee Mahmoud al-Aloul for his remarks with regard to Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’s punitive measures against Gaza calling his remarks irresponsible.

Health ministry slams PA’s measures against Gaza

Tuesday-22-August-2017

The Palestinian health ministry in the Gaza Strip has strongly denounced the Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership in Ramallah for persistently depriving the population in the impoverished enclave of obtaining medicines and referrals for treatment abroad describing its punitive measures as “antinational and criminal.”