All Journal Posts Tagged 'abbas' (26)

Abbas says he has "no desire" for re-run

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Thursday that he has "no desire" to run for re-election. Speaking on TV, Abbas said he had informed Fatah and PLO officials of his decision late on Wednesday night. PA officials said that Abbas's decision was a protest of the US administration's failure to force Israel to stop construction work in the West Bank settlements. They did not rule out the possibility that Abbas would change his mind before the January 24 election.… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on November 6, 2009 at 5:00pm — 4 Comments

US ready to give up on direct Israeli-Palestinian talks

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to arrive in Israel on Saturday night for her first official visit since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government was sworn in. Although Clinton comes with the stated goal of resuming talks between Israelis and Palestinians, there are indications that the Americans are getting ready to give up on that hope. In light of the wide as ever gaps between the Palestinians and the Israelis, voices are growing within the Oba… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on October 28, 2009 at 12:30am — 1 Comment

Constable Abbas throws a fit, vows to quit

Mahmoud Abbas, impotent "President" of the West Bank with the approximate power of a traffic cop, threw a tantrum and warned that he would resign unless US President Barack Hussein Obama would get tough on the Israelis. Channel 10 revealed the threat to resign on its Monday night newscast. In the past few days, Abbas has sent irate messages to the White House, vowing to step down and saying he would not participate in the next Palestinian elections, no matter when they are… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on October 26, 2009 at 11:00pm — 2 Comments

Fatah demands settlement freeze before talks

The Palestinian Fatah party has told West Bank constable Mahmoud Abbas, who heads the movement, that he better not resume peace talks unless and until Israel totally freezes home building for Jews in the Biblical heartland of Judea and Samaria, a senior Fatah member said Wednesday. Fatah believes that only Arabs should be allowed to build homes there. Fatah's position is designed to help Abbas resist American pressure to begin negotiations with Israel, even though Israeli… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on September 30, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Is Obama Ready To Speak His Mind?

President Obama’s address at the United Nations on 23 September has given some indication that he would soon be releasing his own plan for achieving the creation of a new Arab State between Israel and Jordan - the so called “two state solution - an outcome that has avoided the best efforts of previous American Presidents for the last sixteen years. In his carefully crafted address he made the following statement: “The time has come to re-launch negotiations - without preconditions -… Continue

Added by david singer on September 27, 2009 at 12:15am — No Comments

Obama expects Netanyahu to accept Olmert's firesale

In his meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, US President Barack Hussein Obama said that he expects Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept as a starting point the massive concessions offered by his predecessors. There's an historical record of the entire past negotiations and there are principles," he said. "We won't start the neg… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on September 23, 2009 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

Netanyahu: Israel seeks "peace of recognition and security"

Transcript of an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer. WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: A big day today, the President of the United States hosting a summit with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders right here in New York. Let's get right to the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. He's joining us. The Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, told our Fareed Zakaria the other day that he had an assurance from the Israeli president, Shimon Peres, that Israel has no intention… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on September 23, 2009 at 12:14pm — No Comments

Obama drops freeze demand as Israel, PA agree to talk

Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to relaunch peace negotiations without any preconditions, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday, after a three-way photo opportunity with President Barack Hussein Obama and PA Chief Constable Mahmoud Abbas. "There was general agreement, including on the part of the Palestinians, that the peace process has to be resumed as soon as possible with no preconditions," Netanyahu said. But the Palestinian side did not confirm the cla… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on September 23, 2009 at 12:00am — 2 Comments

Obama Reaches Boiling Point On Settlements Freeze

The announcement by Israel’s Defence Minister - Ehud Barak - on September 7 that Israel will proceed to complete 2500 housing units in the West Bank - and commence building another 455 units there - is Israel’s response to the demand by President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Israel freeze all settlement activity in the West Bank including “natural growth”. It is also an answer to the Palestinian Authority whose chief negotiator - Saeb Erekat - said on 31 August: "There… Continue

Added by david singer on September 15, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Palestine - What Is There To Talk About?

Excitement mounts and expectations are raised as speculation increases that the man simultaneously wearing three hats as Palestinian Authority President, Fatah Chairman and PLO Chairman - Mahmoud Abbas - might be possibly meeting at the United Nations with Israel’s Prime Minister -- Benjamin Netanyahu - around September 23. They will no doubt be locked in a smiling and happy three-way embrace with President Obama - flanked by as many Quartet and Arab leaders as President Obama can cajole to joi… Continue

Added by david singer on August 29, 2009 at 2:02am — No Comments

Palestine - Abbas Accelerates Into The Abyss

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has signed his own death warrant as the preferred Arab partner to negotiate the allocation of sovereignty in the West Bank between Arabs and Jews. His demise follows his failure - after being re-elected as Chairman of Fatah in Bethlehem this week - to propose or procure any changes to the constitution of that terrorist organization at its first convention held in the last 20 years. The constitution of Fatah presently calls for the destruction of Is… Continue

Added by david singer on August 13, 2009 at 3:01am — No Comments

Israel enraged by Palestinian "waiting game" comments

Senior Israeli officials were enraged by reports of Palestinian Authority comments during President Mahmoud Abbas' visit to Washington. PA officials said the leadership is just waiting for US pressure to bring down the Netanyahu government, and had no interest in meeting with the Israeli government until it succumbs. "It will take a couple of years" for American pressure to force Netanyahu from office, the Washington Post… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on May 31, 2009 at 9:30am — 5 Comments

Obama sends independence day greetings, will meet Peres

"On behalf of the people of the United States, President Obama congratulates the people and government of Israel on the 61st anniversary of Israel's independence," said the statement issued Tuesday by the White House. "The United States was the first country to recognize Israel in 1948, minutes after its declaration of independence, and the deep bonds of friendship between the US and Israel remain as strong and unshakable as ever." "The president looks forward to working… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on April 29, 2009 at 9:43pm — 8 Comments

Abbas rejects Jewish State, wants Palestine to erase Israel

Palestinian Authority president and Fatah chairman Mahmoud Abbas stated Monday that he does not accept Israel's demand for recognition as the nation of the Jewish people. "I say this clearly: I do not accept the Jewish State, call it what you will," he said at a preliminary conference of the Palestinian Youth Parliament in Ramallah. At the end of the co… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on April 28, 2009 at 6:30pm — 7 Comments

Fayad and Palestinian government resigns: replacement coalition won't recogize Israel

Palestinian caretaker Prime Minister Salam Fayyad handed his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas, effectively putting an end to the reformist government he had led for 20 months. His ouster had been a demand of Hamas for a "consensus" government under the Islamic… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on March 7, 2009 at 9:30pm — 8 Comments

Palestine - Perpetual Pantomime Pursues Peace

Benjamin Netanyahu has finally been given the go-ahead by Israel’s President Shimon Peres to try and form Israel’s next Government. This heralds the next round in the farce that passes for “the peace process“ in the Middle East. The solution to the problem - what to do with the 6% of Palestine that still belongs to no one - needs to take a new direction and Netanyahu intends to do just that. Gone are most of the old cast - President George Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli… Continue

Added by david singer on February 22, 2009 at 3:29am — No Comments

Hamas demands Abbas give up talks with Israel

A senior Hamas official said Sunday the Palestinian Authority must end all security coordination and peace talks with Israel before the two rival Palestinian groups could even talk about internal reconciliation. The remarks by Osama Hamdan will complicate Arab efforts to reconcile Hamas, which controls Gaza, and the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.

Hamdan is Hamas's representative in Lebanon and is close to top Damascus-based leader Khaled Masha

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Added by Israel Insider on January 25, 2009 at 6:00pm — 9 Comments

Report: Obama backs Saudi plan to force Israel to 1949 borders, divide Jerusalem

Despite all his election promises and assurances to Jewish groups and Israelis, Barack Obama plans to throw his weight behind the Saudi royal family's 2002 plan to roll back Israel to at least its 1949 borders, the

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Added by Israel Insider on November 16, 2008 at 7:30pm — 28 Comments

Rice concedes there will be no Mideast deal in 2008

Despite her repeated visits to the region -- the current one likely to be the last -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice finally admits that the Israelis and Palestinians will be signing any agreement before the end of the year, despite solemn promises at last year

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Added by Israel Insider on November 7, 2008 at 4:00pm — 5 Comments

Livni tells French FM that she opposes Olmert's firesale

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told her French counterpart Bernard Kouchner that she opposes the agreement in principle that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has offered Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Kouchner and Livni (Flash90)

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Added by Israel Insider on October 6, 2008 at 5:30am — 2 Comments

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