Mahmoud Abbas

World News

Palestinian leader Abbas stands with Moscow 'without slightest doubt'

In response, Putin reaffirmed Russia's support for the creation of a Palestinian state and stressed that their position on a peaceful settlement with Israel remains unchanged.

13/08/2024

World News

At least 20 killed in another strike on aid line, Israel denies blame

The attack on a food queue at the Kuwait roundabout comes as the Palestinian Authority head appoints a new Prime Minister

15/03/2024

World News

Euroviews. The polls are clear: While at war with Israel, Hamas defeated Fatah

The challenge to Gaza’s future governance is clear: Israelis are set on destroying Hamas militarily and politically while Palestinians are set on elevating it, Stephan Miller writes.

15/12/2023

Gaza

US says it wouldn’t be ‘fair’ for Israel to occupy post-war Gaza

The latest developments from the Israel Hamas war.

15/12/2023

Europe Decoded

Was the Palestinian leader targeted in an assassination attempt?

Some social media users are sharing a clip claiming the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas's convoy came under fire.

17/11/2023

Gaza

Israel Hamas war: Civil order 'breaks down' in Gaza as strikes damage hospital and death toll rises

All the latest developments from the Israel Hamas war.

29/10/2023

Egypt

Cairo Peace Summit demands ‘ceasefire’ and increased aid for Gaza

The meeting has representatives from across the globe - including Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the State of Palestine - but Israel are not in attendance.

21/10/2023

Germany

German police investigate Abbas' '50 Holocausts' remark

Chancellor Olaf Scholz had slammed the remarks, saying that "any relativisation of the singularity of the Holocaust is intolerable and unacceptable."

17/08/2022

No Comment

Palestinians honour slain journalist during memorial service in Ramallah

Palestinians planned a memorial service Thursday for journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who was killed while covering an Israeli raid in the West Bank, but have rejected US-led calls for a joint investigation into her death.

12/05/2022

USA

Palestinian President Abbas rejects US Mideast plan

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas vehemently rejected the Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan in a speech to the UN Security Council Tuesday, calling it an attempt to keep the Palestinians from having an independent state.

11/02/2020

Israel

Abbas to cut ties with Israel and US over Trump peace plan

The Palestinian leadership has been under mounting pressure to cut off security ties with Israel and the U.S.

01/02/2020

Gaza

Euroviews. The case of Suha Jbara exposes the corruption and barbarism of the Palestinian Authority ǀ View

Too many Palestinians endure inhumane treatment at the hands of the PA. Life on the West Bank can be hard enough and, civilians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip face a near-systematic campaign of human rights abuses.

19/12/2019

World News

New government for Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud has sworn in a new prime minister but his appointment has been criticised by Hamas

14/04/2019

West Bank

Prince William's visit to the West Bank is a first for a British royal

On his tour of the Middle East Prince William told Mahmoud Abbas of his hope for lasting peace in the region

28/06/2018

West Bank

Abbas 'suffering from pneumonia but improving'

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has a lung infection but is said to be improving as rumours circulate about his health

22/05/2018

Gaza

Palestinian President is hospitalised for third time in a week

The 82-year-old was hospitalised for a third time in a week on Sunday after he received minor ear surgery last Tuesday.

20/05/2018

World News

Palestinian President Abbas taken to hospital

President Abbas was urged to seek further treatment following an earlier infection which failed to heal.

20/05/2018

Israel

Abbas anti-semitism controversy

Abbas has been accused of being anti-semitic after suggesting the murder of European Jews was the result of their financial activities

03/05/2018

Europe News

Palestinians look to EU to broker peace talks

The European Union has long been the Palestinians' largest donor. Now Palestinian leaders are lookng to Brussels to mediate peace talks with Israel.

22/01/2018

World News

Abbas slams Trump peace plan as "slap of the century"

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemns Donald Trump's Middle East peace efforts.

15/01/2018