Read more Mahmoud Abbas stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1203/mahmoud-abbas.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:11:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73401/palestinians-abbas-may-not-seek-reelection.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not seek reelection next year, insiders say. Abbas has seen his credibility with Palestinians damaged during peace negotiations with the US and Israel, now stalled. “The president insists on not running in the upcoming election,” an official tells the Guardian , though some believe the move...http://www.newser.com/story/73401/palestinians-abbas-may-not-seek-reelection.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 10:16:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73024/clintons-mideast-push-hits-brick-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton's day of diplomacy in the Mideast yielded little progress. She met separately with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu but did not secure a deal to restart peace talks. The main sticking point: Abbas rebuffed an offer from Netanyahu—and relayed by Clinton—to slow...http://www.newser.com/story/73024/clintons-mideast-push-hits-brick-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 31 Oct 2009 23:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71660/palestine-says-hope-in-obama-evaporated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Palestinian president's political party says all hopes in the Obama administration have "evaporated," accusing the White House of caving to pressure from the pro-Israel lobby and backing off a demand to freeze Jewish settlement. Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party also accused the US of failing to set a clear agenda...http://www.newser.com/story/71660/palestine-says-hope-in-obama-evaporated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 8:36:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70030/obama-to-israeli-palestinian-leaders-get-to-work.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to restart peace talks, saying it was “time to move forward” on finding compromises to the contentious final status issues, the New York Times reports. Obama delivered his comments today after separate one-on-one meetings with Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas and just before...http://www.newser.com/story/70030/obama-to-israeli-palestinian-leaders-get-to-work.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 14:17:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69831/obama-meets-with-abbas-netanyahu-next-week.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama will host a meeting Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in an effort to lay the groundwork for renewed negotiations on Mideast peace. The three-way meeting, which will be on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly forum, will take place...http://www.newser.com/story/69831/obama-meets-with-abbas-netanyahu-next-week.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Sep 2009 22:34:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68241/obama-to-moderate-abbas-netanyahu-meeting-peres.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama will play moderator to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a meeting at the UN before the end of next month, Israeli President Shimon Peres tells Fox News. “I think they will meet by the end of September,” he says. "President Obama will...http://www.newser.com/story/68241/obama-to-moderate-abbas-netanyahu-meeting-peres.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 13:00:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67764/us-near-deal-to-restart-mideast-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn exchange for a tougher US and European line on a nuclear Iran, Israel is prepared to freeze the majority of settlement construction in Palestinian territory, paving the way for renewed Mideast peace talks, the Guardian reports. The groundwork—George Mitchell and Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to hammer out the...http://www.newser.com/story/67764/us-near-deal-to-restart-mideast-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 16:00:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60610/hamas-police-gunfight-kills-6.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPalestinian forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas stormed a Hamas hideout in the West Bank and set off a fierce gun battle that left six dead today, the worst violence since the factions fought a pitched battle over Gaza 2 years ago. Militants lobbed grenades and fired automatic weapons to...http://www.newser.com/story/60610/hamas-police-gunfight-kills-6.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 31 May 2009 16:44:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60391/obama-meets-abbas-pushes-israel-on-settlements.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGingerly trying to advance Mideast peace, President Obama declared today that the US is a "stalwart ally" of Israel but challenged the Israelis to stop settlement construction in the West Bank. Obama delivered his message—which came on the same day Israel refused a demand to freeze all construction—after...http://www.newser.com/story/60391/obama-meets-abbas-pushes-israel-on-settlements.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 May 2009 18:26:05 CDT