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Israel's Foreign Minister Told He Will Be Indicted for Fraud

JERUSALEM -- The Israeli attorney general today told Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman that, pending a hearing, he will be indicted for fraud, money laundering and witness-tampering, a move that could eventually bring the collapse of the government. Lieberman faces up to 10 years in jail if convicted. The draft...

Rocket Fired From Gaza; Troops Kill 2 Palestinians

JERUSALEM -- Palestinian militants fired a rocket into southern Israel on Sunday, while Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in a new outburst of violence along the volatile border with Gaza. The violence came a day after Palestinian militants fired some 50 mortar shells into Israel - the heaviest Palestinian assault...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Visit Gaza, Won't Run for Re-Election

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The Palestinian president offered on Wednesday to visit the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip for the first time in four years in a bid to help reunite the rival Palestinian governments. Hamas welcomed the offer. Mahmoud Abbas said he'd be prepared to make the trip within the coming week. Gaza's prime...

Israel Seizes Ship With Iranian Arms Destined for Gaza

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israeli commandos boarded and seized a Liberian-flagged ship that Israel says was carrying "tons" of weapons from Syria to Egypt. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the weapons originated in Iran and were on their way to Gaza, which is ruled by the Islamist Hamas movement. "'We are...

Palestinian Cabinet Dissolved as Abbas Demonstrates Political Reform

JERUSALEM -- The Palestinian prime minister today dissolved his Cabinet in what some said was an attempt to increase popular support and avoid pro-democracy demonstrations like those sweeping Egypt. Palestinian officials insisted that the move is not a direct response to the events in Egypt and said it was meant to help...

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06/04/12 "Moderate""Palestinian""Authority" honors... Source: Jihad Watch These are the people Barack Obama is pressuring Israel to make ever more concessions to, in the chimerical confidence that those concessions will bring peace.
06/04/12 Abbas to meet new French president on June 8 Source: Expatica Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will for the first time meet French President Francois Hollande when he visits Paris later this week, his spokesman said on Monday.
06/01/12 Israel, in Gesture, Repatriates Bodies of 91... Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA Israel returned the remains of 91 Palestinians on Thursday, most of them killed while carrying out attacks against Israelis, to the West Bank and Gaza in a move described by Israeli officials as a gesture intended to help bring the Palestinians back to peace negotiations.
06/01/12 From Across the Line: Now what? The West Bank scene Source: Jerusalem Post - Israel What frightens me is that moderate, liberally minded, progressive people, at least in my age bracket, are becoming exceedingly scarce.
06/01/12 Crisis of confidence Source: Al-Ahram Weekly - Egypt Suddenly the sound of laughter broke the silence on a bus transporting dozens of students from the centre of the Gaza Strip to the district where university campuses are located in southern Al-Rimal in Gaza City. One student had mentioned that delegates from Hamas and Fatah were in Cairo again to finalise details about a consensus government as stipulated in the Doha Declaration.

Background on mahmoud abbas

Mahmoud Abbas (, ; born 26 March 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (, ), has been the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) since 11 November 2004 and became President of the Palestinian National Authority on 15 January 2005 on the Fatah (فتح Fataḥ) ticket.

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