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| August 2, 2016
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Iranian official exposes Palestinian President Abbas of being CIA collaborator

 

Iran and the Palestinian Authority’s last public spat came in February when Tehran announced it would bypass Abbas’ PA and send money directly to families whose children carried out armed attacks against Israelis.

By ADAM RASGON

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an Iranian diaspora opposition group, met in Paris on Saturday, renewing tensions between the Palestinian leadership and Iran.

Abbas meets Rajavi, the head of Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), in Paris.

Abbas hosted Rajavi at his hotel and updated her on the latest developments in the Palestinian territories and the Middle East, according to Wafa, the official Palestinian Authority news agency. Continue Reading »

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| September 30, 2012
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Barak tells Liberman: If Abbas falls, Hamas will take over West Bank

Defense minister Barak denounces Liberman’s attacks on Abbas, warns of Hamas taking control of West Bank if Abbas’ PA collapses.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN, JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Defense Minister Ehud Barak over the weekend denounced Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman’s call for the ouster from office of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, claiming that if the PA regime were to lose influence, then the West Bank would come under Hamas control.

DEFENSE MINISTER Ehud Barak - Photo: REUTERS

DEFENSE MINISTER Ehud Barak – Photo: REUTERS

Speaking to associates, Barak said, “Liberman’s comments on the Palestinian Authority and its head do not represent the policy of the Israeli government policy, and harm Israel’s interests. Continue Reading »

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| September 15, 2012
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Palestinian Authority accuses Hamas of exploiting protests to export its coup

Hamas PM Haniyeh says recent wave of protests prove Oslo Accords have failed. PA spokesman: Hamas working to “export its coup” to the West Bank in order to overthrow Abbas

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

The Palestinian Authority on Saturday accused Hamas of exploiting peaceful protests against the high cost of living to spread chase and anarchy in the West Bank.

Adndan Damiri, spokesman for the PA security forces, also accused Hamas of working to overthrow the PA regime in the West Bank.

Palestinians stage economic protest in Hebron - Photo: REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

Palestinians stage economic protest in Hebron – Photo: REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

Damiri claimed that the PA security forces have received information about Hamas’s efforts to destabilize the situation in the West Bank.

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| September 10, 2012
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Ayalon: Israel will reject Abbas’ request for PA economic accord review

Abbas requests a review of the 1994 Paris Protocol amid pressure from protesters to cancel PA-Israeli economic agreement.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon on Monday said that Israel will reject Palestinian requests to update the 1994 Paris Protocol, the framework that established economic relations between Israel and the PA, Israel Radio reported.

Palestinians have huge debts to Israel, and yet they are operating against it in international organizations, Ayalon said.

Danny Ayalon

Danny AyalonPhoto: Courtesy

“There is no room to fix it when there is no progress in the political channel, and the Palestinians have huge debts to Israel for transferring gas and electricity, for example,” he said.

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| March 29, 2012
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Abbas drops threat to dismantle PA over stalled Israel talks, foreign diplomats say

The Associated Press obtains a letter the Palestinian Authority president is planning to deliver to Israel, with planned ultimatum to dismantle the PA removed from the text.

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has dropped a planned threat to dismantle the Palestinian Authority in protest of the deadlock in peace efforts with Israel, foreign diplomats said on Thursday.

Abbas had been planning to deliver the threat in a letter to Israel. But, according to the letter obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, the language has been dropped from the text.

The diplomats who provided the letter said Abbas scrapped the threat at the urging of President Barack Obama.

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| March 9, 2012
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PA to Israel: Release Prisoners, Then We’ll Talk Peace

Fatah yet again demands that Israel release terrorists as a condition for peace negotiations

The leadership of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement is once again demanding that Israel release terrorist prisoners as a condition for peace talks, it was reported on Thursday.

Abbas opens up Doha conference - Photo by Reuters

According to the report on Kol Yisrael radio, among the prisoners the Fatah is demanding to be released is Ahmed Saadat, who heads the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and who planned the assassination of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze’evi in 2001.

Saadat was sentenced in 2008 to 30 years in prison for heading the PFLP. Continue Reading »

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