"To Jerusalem we march, martyrs by the millions!" Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was quoted saying at Jalazone Refugee Camp near Ramallah. ...- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is claiming that his people are the descendants of the biblical Canaanites and entitled to the land of Israel....
- The two embraced and kissed on the cheek as the pontiff welcomed Abbas to a library in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace for a private, 20-minute meeting. ...
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called 8 Arab and world leaders and urged them to prevent the relocation of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem....
- Palestinians torched Joseph's Tomb, revered by Jews in the West Bank overnight in an incident that threatened to further inflame over two weeks of deadly unrest, as fresh protests were planned for Friday...
- Palestinian officials said the proposal calls for negotiations to be based on the territorial lines that existed before Israel captured the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip in the 1967 Middle East war....
- Sweden’s new government is set to recognize the State of Palestine, in a move that will make it the first member of the European Union to do so....
- Abbas said Saturday that he will ask the UN General Assembly to recognize a “state of Palestine” on September 27. ...
- Palestinians are waiting for confirmation from the United States whether it will use its veto power at the United Nations Security Council this September when the Palestinian Authority is scheduled to request recognition for an independent state, Israel Radio reported Tuesday. PA President Mahmoud Abbas, currently in Norway, said...
