Index/People/Mahmoud Abbas

Mahmoud Abbas

President of the Palestinian Authority since 2005

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Oct 8, 2025
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Why did Palestine give Israel land

Palestinians did not simply “give” land to Israel; the current territorial realities result from wars, negotiated agreements, unilateral moves and decades of settlement and diplomatic failure that res...

Dec 3, 2025
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was king charles iii pro Palestinian, and thought the genocide from Isreal is a waste of money and time?

King Charles III has publicly expressed sympathy for Palestinian suffering and a commitment to a two-state solution, while repeatedly condemning Hamas’s October 7 attacks and expressing support for Is...

Jan 16, 2026

What do polls say Gazans prefer for governance and security arrangements post-2023 conflict?

Polling conducted since the October 7, 2023 war shows Gazans divided but pragmatically leaning toward alternatives to exclusive Hamas rule: many polls record a clear majority preference for some form ...

Nov 24, 2025

How do Israeli and Palestinian leaders' speeches reflect their respective historical narratives?

Israeli leaders’ public speeches during 2025 repeatedly framed recent violence as existential defense against an “Iran-led terror axis,” condemned Western recognition of a Palestinian state as rewardi...

Oct 22, 2025

How did the death of Yasser Arafat in 2004 impact the Israeli disengagement plan?

Yasser Arafat’s death in November 2004 did not directly trigger Israel’s 2005 Gaza disengagement, but it in which the plan was implemented by removing a long-standing Palestinian interlocutor and cont...

Oct 14, 2025

What was the response of Palestinian authorities to the Biden administration's negotiation efforts in 2024?

Palestinian authorities, led by President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority, resisted the Biden administration’s efforts to defer international actions and sought UN consideration of Palesti...

Oct 11, 2025

did Officials in Gaza stress that they will not any ceasefire proposal that does not include Palestinian self self-determination and an end to the genocide.

Officials and prominent Palestinian leaders have publicly insisted that any ceasefire or postwar arrangement must address and halt what they describe as ; available reporting and commentary from late ...