Mahmoud Abbas

• Trudeau speaks with Palestinian leader ahead of Garneau’s Middle East visit

  Marc Garneau's office says his visit to the Middle East aims to advance Canada's support towards the goal of lasting peace in the region and a two-state solution.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2021
  
• Palestinian election delayed due to dispute on east Jerusalem voting

  Islamic militant group Hamas slammed the move as a "coup."

  World

  Apr 29, 2021
  
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• Palestine’s Abbas cuts all relations with U.S., Israel over peace plan

  Trump's plan, endorsed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calls for the creation of a demilitarized Palestinian state that excludes Jewish settlements built in occupied territory and is under near-total Israeli security control.

  World

  Feb 1, 2020
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• ‘It’s entirely about politics’: experts weigh in on Trump’s Middle East peace plan

  Trump's opponents are doubting the viability of any plan since there's been little-to-no input from the Palestinians, who have rejected it before its release.

  Politics

  Jan 25, 2020
• U.S. unveils $50B boost for Palestinians as part of its Middle East peace plan

  Palestinian leaders have rejected the Trump administration's approach to peace in the Middle East, saying the U.S. is biased toward Israel.

  World

  Jun 22, 2019
• Israel-Hamas hostilities unlikely to escalate into another Gazan war, say experts

  Israel's military and Palestinian militants traded mortar bombs and airstrikes in what was possibly the deadliest exchange of fire since 2014.

  World

  Nov 12, 2018
• Palestinian president hospitalized for 3rd time in a week

  Mahmoud Abbas has been hospitalized in the West Bank, Palestinian officials said on Sunday, giving conflicting accounts on the leader's condition.

  Politics

  May 20, 2018
• Villagers on Israeli side of Gaza border unmoved by Palestinian protests

  Hardened by years of rocket attacks from next-door Gaza, residents of this frontline Israeli village seemed unmoved by Palestinians’ protests and Israel’s deadly response to them.

  World

  Apr 8, 2018
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• Israel rejects calls for inquiry into Gaza violence which left 15 Palestinians dead

  Israel's defense minister rejected calls for an inquiry into the killing of 15 Palestinians by the military during a Palestinian demonstration that turned violent Friday.

  Politics

  Apr 1, 2018
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• 70 Palestinians wounded by Israeli gunfire amid Gaza border unrest

  Hundreds of of Palestinian youths ignored calls from protest organizers and the Israeli military to stay away from the frontier and violence broke out.

  World

  Mar 31, 2018