Mahmoud Abbas

Palestinian Authority Officially Changes Its Name To 'State Of Palestine'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 07.01.2013 | UK

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Palestinian Authority, State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Gaza, United Nations, Un, Israel, UK News

Mahmoud Abbas has ordered the Palestinian Authority to officially change its name to the State of Palestine. The Palestinian President issued the ...

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Palestine Sees UN Status Upgraded

Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.11.2012 | UK

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Palestinian UN Bid, Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, Video, UK News, United Nations, Two-State Solution, UK News

The United Nations has voted in favour of upgrading the status of Palestine from entity to non member state in spite of opposition from the US and Isr...

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'This Will Save The Two-State Solution'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.11.2012 | UK

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Palestinian UN Bid, Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, Video, UK News, United Nations, Two-State Solution, UK News

United Nations states are set to vote on Palestinian statehood at the General Assembly on Thursday, as Israeli ministers poured scorn on the move, cal...

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Ex-Israel PM 'Supports Palestine's UN Bid'

The Daily Beast | Posted 29.11.2012 | UK

Read More: Palestine, UK Barack Obama, Mahmoud Abbas, UK News, UK World, Gaza, Ehud Olmert, Un, Israel, UK News

"I believe," Olmert wrote me, intending his statement to be made public, "that the Palestinian request from the United Nations is congruent with the...

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Change My Mind: Will A UN Vote On Palestinian Statehood Undermine The Peace Process?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 28.11.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, UK Gaza, United Nations, UN General Assembly, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, UK Politics News

Reports in the press suggest the UK government is preparing to recognise Palestine as a state in its own right. Foreign secretary William Hague is...

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Time for a Palestinian State on the Ground, Not on Paper

Toby Greene | Posted 27.01.2013 | UK Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, UK Gaza, United Nations, UN General Assembly, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, UK Politics News

In all likelihood on Thursday afternoon the UN General Assembly will agree to the request of Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas to change the status of Palestine at the UN from observer entity to non-member state. Aside from the Palestinians having to print a new set of headed note paper, what will this achieve? Unfortunately, for ordinary Palestinians, the answer is very little.

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UK Should Drop the Double Standards and Say an Unequivocal Yes to UN Recognition of Palestine

Richard Burden | Posted 27.01.2013 | UK Politics

Read More: Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Gaza, UK Labour Party, David Cameron, UK Gaza, United Nations, UK Politics, Nick Clegg, William Hague, Middle East, UK Conservative Party, Ed Miliband, Un, Israel, Lib Dems, UK Politics News

Proper recognition of Palestine by the UN General Assembly is not the same as peace in the Middle East, but it is a step on the road. Peace can only come from negotiations between the parties and international agreements.

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Gaza: Leaders Play to the Gallery, the Innocent Suffer But Will the International Community Act?

Richard Burden | Posted 14.01.2013 | UK Politics

Read More: Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Muslim Brotherhood, Gaza, Operation Cast Lead, UK Politics, United Nations, Middle East, Hamas, Un, Ceasefire, Israel, UK Politics News

The international community must be clear in its call for an immediate ceasefire - that means telling friends that they must stop as well as making the demand on enemies.

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Why Nick Clegg Should Focus on the Settlement Not the Settlements

Lorna Fitzsimons | Posted 18.03.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Nick Clegg, Gaza Strip, Settlements, Israel, UK Politics, Israel Settlements, Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, UK Politics News

"An act of deliberate vandalism" was how Nick Clegg described Israeli settlement building on Monday...But the demand for a complete halt to all Israeli construction over the Green Line is now a road-block preventing the commencement of bilateral talks.

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'Education Emergency' In Gaza Prompts £14m Pledge

PA | Posted 25.12.2011 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, Education, Gaza, Gaza Refugees, Refugee Children, Benny Begin, Gaza Children, Israel, Refugees, UK Universities & Education News

Britain has given £14.6 million to build 12 new schools for refugee children in Gaza, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell announced. ...

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Israel Withholds $100m Of Palestinian Revenue

The Huffington Post UK | Olivia Williams | Posted 16.11.2011 | UK

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, UK News, Oslo Accord, Unesco, Israel, UK News

Israeli Cabinet ministers have decided to keep withholding around $100m in monthly tax revenues owed to the Palestinian Authority, in what is being se...

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Victims Families In Israeli High Court To Delay Gilad Shalit Swap Deal

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 17.12.2011 | UK

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Gaza, Gilad Shalit Kidnapped, Idf, Gilad Shalit Swap, Israel, Gilad Shalit, UK News

The families of four victims of terrorism have submitted pleas to the Israeli High Court of Justice asking that the release of more than 1,000 prisone...

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Britain Condemns New Israeli Settlements

Posted 27.11.2011 | UK

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Isreali-Palestinian Crisis, Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jerusalem, William Hague, UK News

Britain has condemned the decision by Israel to build 1,100 more settlement homes in the West Bank. Foreign Secretary William Hague said the move w...

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Abbas Submits Proposal For Palestinian Statehood To The UN

Posted 23.11.2011 | UK

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, Sarkozy, West Bank, Palestinian Statehood, Netanyahu, United Nations, Obama, Un, Israel, UK News

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader, has submitted a formal proposal to the United Nations for Palestinian statehood, a bid that is expected to fail...

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Mahmoud Abbas To Address General Assembly In Bid For Statehood

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 23.11.2011 | UK

Read More: Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Barack Obama, United Nations, UK News

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader, is due to submit his formal proposal to the United Nations calling for Palestinian statehood, in a bid that has...

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The USA to Veto Its Own Policy

Nehad Ismail | Posted 21.11.2011 | UK

Read More: Annapolis, Mahmoud Abbas, Salam Fayyad, Gideon Levy, Orly Azoulay, Barack Obama, Contiguous Palestine, Benjamin Netanyahu, East Jerusalem, Two-State Solution US Veto, New York Times, Thomas L Friedman, George W Bush, Aipac, Road Map, Ynetnews, UK News

On 24th June 2002 at the Rose Garden of the White House, President George W Bush mentioned for the first time the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict . Since then this has been the consensus solution that is currently under discussion by the key parties to the conflict.

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