Posts Tagged: Obama Abbas
Enough is Enough: Time to Get Tough With Abbas
JNS.org - "I believe that President [Mahmoud] Abbas is sincere about his willingness to recognize Israel and its right to exist, to recognize Israel's...
Abbas Says Outrageous Things to Obama, No One Cares
Whenever Bibi Netanyahu visits the White House, every word and gesture and demeanor is micro-analyzed to find indications of friction or combativeness or discomfort. Yet earlier...
Four Things Obama Should Have Told Abbas
On Yom Kippur, 1972, I was standing alongside a Soviet Jewish dissident outside Moscow's lone synagogue when we were suddenly surrounded by KGB agents. Sensing...
Obama Presses Abbas on Final Status Issues
JTA - President Obama urged Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to advance to final status issues in his peace talks with Israel. "He encouraged President Abbas,...
Do Abbas and the PA Really Want Peace?
Diplomats may sign treaties, but only people make peace. If true, then Secretary of State Kerry's Middle East peace initiative-on-steroids may be doomed. Forget the...
Abbas’ Facebook Page Puts Palestinian Flag on Western Wall
JNS.org - In the midst of renewed Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations, the Facebook page of the Presidential Guard of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas...
Obama Calls Netanyahu and Abbas
Ynet - President Barack Obama spoke by phone on Thursday to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a White House official said, as the United...
Palestinian FM: PA Suspended Seeking Additional UN Recognition in Response to Obama Request
Politico - In connection with President Barack Obama's visit to the Middle East last month, the Palestinian Authority agreed to halt its drive to...
Obama’s Israel Visit Changes Nothing
President Obama's trip to Israel and Jordan last week had two widely divergent objectives. Publicly, he wanted to repair the political damage he has...
Obama Hugs Netanyahu as he Departs Israel
Barack Obama's first visit to Israel as the President of the United States has concluded after a whirlwind 52-hours. The president is now in Jordan....
Obama Visits Mount Herzl, Yad Vashem on Last Day in Israel (VIDEO)
U.S. President Barack Obama's last morning in Israel was of a more sombre tone than the celebratory one that marked his first two days in...
Obama and the Palestinians: The Israel Test and the America Test
President Obama has had an opportunity during his visit to see some of Israel's pioneering technology. The list (with thanks to Tom Gross) includes...
Obama Speaks Beneath Arafat Banner
Weekly Standard - At a press conference today in Ramallah, President Barack Obama addressed the assembled journalists while standing under a Yasser Arafat banner. "Hope...
Obama: Settlement Freeze Not Required for Direct Talks
Speaking in Ramallah on Thursday after meeting with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, U.S. President Barack Obama called for an "independent, viable and contiguous...
