Latest Mahmoud Abbas News

What to know from the UN: Before Netanyahu speech, 2 leaders denounce Israeli actions to their peers

Sep. 26, 2024 20:46 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The topics of Israel’s war with Hamas and fighting in Lebanon have dominated speeches at the U.N. General Assembly’s meeting this week. On Thursday, one side finally got the podium — including a moment of drama amid the ocean of words from the world's leaders. ...

Leader of Palestinian Authority denounces Israeli Gaza offensive at UN, insists: 'We will not leave'

Sep. 26, 2024 12:13 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the Palestinian Authority denounced Israel and its offensive in the Gaza Strip in front of world leaders Thursday, appealing to other nations to stop what he called a “genocidal war” against a place and people he said had been totally destroyed. ...

The veteran Palestinian leader Abbas says he will visit Gaza and calls on Muslim leaders to join him

Aug. 15, 2024 10:28 AM EDT

ISTANBUL (AP) — Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas pledged Thursday to travel to Gaza as the Israel-Hamas war has raged on for more than 10 months. Addressing the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Abbas also called on Muslim leaders to join him in the enclave, where, according to health...

Israel-Hamas war latest: Iran rejects European leaders' call to refrain from any retaliatory attacks

Aug. 13, 2024 22:36 PM EDT

Iran rejected a call Tuesday by three European countries urging it to refrain from any retaliatory attacks that would further escalate regional tensions. Iran calls it an “excessive request.” The leaders of Britain, France and Germany in a joint statement Monday asked Iran and...