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Chinese Premier Li Qiang, right, receives Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday, June 15, 2023. (Jade Gao/Pool Photo via AP)
June 16, 2023, 2:17 pm
Ending China trip, PA’s Abbas backs Beijing crackdown on Muslim minorities
A joint statement says China’s policies toward Muslims in Xinjiang have ‘nothing to do with human rights’ and are about countering ‘extremism’ and ‘terrorism’
By AP
China's President Xi Jinping and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attend a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 14, 2023. (Jade GAO / POOL / AFP)
June 15, 2023, 8:06 pm
Having given up on the US, Palestinians look to China to mediate peace with Israel
PA minister Ahmad Majdalani tells ToI that Beijing can use billions in trade as leverage to coax Jerusalem to come to the table as Washington’s influence on the global stage wanes
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping after a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 14, 2023. (Jade GAO / POOL / AFP)
June 14, 2023, 3:04 pm
China signs ‘strategic partnership’ with Palestinian Authority during Abbas visit
President Xi Jinping tells PA leader Beijing has ‘always firmly supported the just cause of the Palestinian people to restore their legitimate national rights’
By AP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures while speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting on the sidelines of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit, in Astana, Kazakhstan, October 13, 2022. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
June 13, 2023, 6:36 am
Abbas arrives in China as Beijing looks to expand influence in Mideast
Palestinian leader slated to meet President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang during four day trip as People’s Republic touts strong ties
By AFP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on July 18, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Mark Schiefelbein)
June 9, 2023, 3:07 pm
Palestinian Authority President Abbas to visit China next week
China has sought to position itself as a Middle East mediator after brokering the restoration of ties in March between Iran and Saudi Arabia
By AFP
Mahmoud al-Aloul, vice chairman of the Central Committee of Fatah. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
June 7, 2023, 8:18 pm
Fatah official says party’s West Bank popularity dropping due to unkept promises
Recent polls show that only 35 percent of Palestinians would vote for the PA’s ruling faction if elections were to be held
By AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a conference to support Jerusalem at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
May 30, 2023, 11:54 pm
Abbas signs decree criminalizing ‘Nakba’ denial
PA executive order says anyone found guilty of denying what it calls the ‘crime against humanity’ carried out by ‘Zionist gangs’ in 1948 faces up to 2 years in jail
By ToI Staff
File: Former US Special Envoy to the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt, speaks at an OurCrowd investor summit in Jerusalem, February 13, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 26, 2023, 4:15 am
White House is alienating Gulf allies, says former Trump Middle East envoy
Jason Greenblatt, ex-Middle East special representative, says Biden making expansion of Abraham Accords harder, and gives money too easily to Palestinians
By Lazar Berman
Deborah E. Lipstadt, US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, speaks during her Senate Foreign Relations nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
May 18, 2023, 9:07 am
US antisemitism envoy slams Abbas: Goebbels speech an ‘affront to Holocaust victims’
Deborah Lipstadt says Palestinian leader’s UN address likening Israel to Nazi propaganda is ‘just outrageous,’ especially amid rising global hatred against Jews
By Ron Kampeas
Key in his lapel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses a Nakba Day event at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, May 15, 2023 (Ed Jones / AFP)
May 18, 2023, 5:33 am
Ad-libbed at the General Assembly, Mahmoud Abbas’s full-blown rejectionism
Speaking at the UN’s Nakba fest, the PA chief contradicted his previous assurances to Israel. In a reflection of the collapse of negotiation prospects, hardly anyone even noticed
By David Horovitz
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at a UN event commemorating the Palestinian 'Nakba,' in New York, May 15, 2023. (Screenshot: UN; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 15, 2023, 10:27 pm
Abbas calls on UN to oust Israel at world body’s first ‘Nakba Day’ commemoration
PA head claims Israel ‘lies like Goebbels,’ says he wants right to live in Safed; Foreign Ministry says it convinced dozens of nations to stay away; US boycotts ‘anti-Israel’ event
By Luke Tress
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (L) is met by Prince Badr bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) at the airport in Jeddah, April 17, 2023 (Wafa)
April 18, 2023, 10:03 am
Abbas to meet Saudi Arabian leader, with Hamas delegation also said to be in kingdom
Official Palestinian news agency says two will discuss regional developments and strengthening of PA ties with Riyadh, which has been moving away from normalization with Israel
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog meets his new UAE counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan to pay his condolences on the passing of the Gulf state's late leader Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 15, 2022. (President's Office)
March 22, 2023, 1:22 am
Herzog sends Ramadan greetings to Arab leaders amid tensions over Smotrich speech
President wishes Muslim leaders ‘peace, happiness and health,’ days after finance minister sparks uproar by saying Palestinian people are ‘an invention’
By Ash Obel
Israeli security forces deploy in Huwara on February 26, 2023 following the deaths of two Israelis in a shooting attack. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
February 27, 2023, 5:23 am
Settler rioting slammed by US, Abbas as some point finger at government
PA leader, members of Israeli opposition say Netanyahu’s administration giving tailwind to incidents like deadly Huwara rampage, while allies press Jerusalem to deal with violence
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
A Palestinian gestures to Israeli military vehicles during clashes in the West Bank city of Nablus, February 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
February 24, 2023, 12:47 am
Deadly Nablus raid places US-organized regional security summit at risk
Ramallah threatening to withdraw, which could lead to Aqaba’s meeting’s cancellation as representatives from Jordan and Egypt won’t want to attend without PA
By Jacob Magid
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