News about Mahmoud Abbas

Hamas commanders planned to invade wider Israel and divide it up between the group's leaders, killing settlers and integrating others into a Palestinian State, according to a former official in the West Bank. A former high-ranking official in Fatah, a political organisation of Arab Palestinians, told Israeli outlet Haaretz that Hamas had long planned to 'bring Israel down', going so far as to divide the territory into cantons. 'One day, a well-known Hamas figure calls and tells me with pride and joy that they are preparing a full list of committee heads for the cantons that will be created in Palestine,' Iyad (not his real name) told the outlet.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan began his weeklong Israel and Palestine visit in Jerusalem on Friday and by Saturday night was in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, when Iran's drone armada arrived. 'This Sunday in Bethlehem all does seem calm and bright. And it is for us. We feel safe and secure,' he told his followers in a video on Sunday morning. 'That wasn't true in the middle of last night when the air raid sirens went off, and we had to go down and seek security at Notre Dame Center.'

After being threatened by crowds near the aid station, Israeli troops opened fire at'several people.' Thousands of people in dire need of food rushed to rescue trucks at the city's western Nabulsi roundabout, according to a witness. 'Trucks packed with relief were too close to some army tanks that were in the area and the crowd, thousands of people, just screamed at the trucks,' the observer said, refusing to be identified for safety reasons.' When people got too close to the tanks, the soldiers opened fire at the crowd.' An Israeli government spokesperson characterized the incident as a tragedy, saying that delivery drivers plowing into a massive crowd caused death. 'At some point, the trucks were overwhelmed, and the people riding the cars, who were Gazan civilian drivers, plowed into the crowds, resulting in the deaths,' a spokesperson for Israel, 'Mens of people.' It's obviously a tragedy, but we're still not sure of the specifics.' As Palestinians tried to obtain food from aid trucks in Gaza City, aerial photos released by the IDF purport to capture the scene.

The Palestinian Authority's Foreign Ministry issued a vehement condemnation, stating that it is "a plot to prolong the genocide against our people" and that Israel is attempting to purchase more time to implement displacement plans. According to the document, Israel hopes that Israel would maintain security over all land west of Jordan, including the occupied West Bank and Gaza - Palestinian territories where Palestinians are trying to establish an independent state. Netanyahu unveiled the strategy to the security cabinet yesterday, but it could still need to be amended. According to Netanayhu, a settlement with the Palestinians can only be reached through direct negotiations between the two groups, without revealing who the Palestinian party will be headed.

After he and wife Kate had earlier released a joint statement of 'distress,' the Prince of Wales, 41, ramped up his family's reaction to the Israel-Hamas war. In an elo-driven speech only hours after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer ordered for a 'immediate humanitarian ceasefire,' the heir to the throne expressed how his family was 'deeply concerned' about its'human cost.' It comes as royal experts say that his well-choreographed call for an end to the Gaza conflict shows he wants to be a hands-on king, although MPs have doubted whether King Charles knew of his son's speech before it was announced.

Lord Cameron wrote in The Mail on Sunday that a coalition of the United States, the United Kingdom, key EU states, Gulf and Arab countries, and Turkey should be formed at once to 'use a pause in the war to build unstoppable momentum toward a tenable solution.' On a trip to Israel last week, Lord Cameron met Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, a controversial candidate for terrorists, and he says: "Impossible times make for uncomfortable deals, and that's what needs to happen." He also stated that a key to a deal was giving "the people of the West Bank and Gaza the political certainty of a viable route to a Palestinian state and a new future.' His appeal came after Britain withdrew support for the UN agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, after it fired several employees over allegations that they were complicit in the September 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.

Footage of a masked gunman running towards a notorious criminal prosecutor has been posted in a new effort to identify the perpetrator. Mahmoud Abbas, 30, was shot several times outside his house in Greenacre, southwest Sydney, around 10.25 a.m. on July 26, 2023. In a recent CCTV video, a man dressed in a balaclava and all-black clothing sprints towards Mr Abbas as he walks to his vehicle. According to investigators, the guy shot the attorney several times before escaping in a black Jeep.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken travelled to Egypt on Thursday morning as part of his new whirlwind trip to the Middle East, as attempts to discourage the Israeli-Hamas conflict from spreading to neighboring countries. According to the State Department, Blinken voiced support for a Palestinian state and discussed attempts to protect and assist civilians in Gaza. During his visit to Cairo, he will meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after speaking with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank on Wednesday, pictured inset.

At least 241 people were killed over the last 24 hours, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry, as Israel moves forward with its military operation. President Mahmoud Abbas has referred to the Gaza Strip war as a "beyond a tragedy." It was the first time a Palestinian people had lived, according to him. Abbas accused Washington of exacerbating the conflict by vetoing UN draft resolutions aimed at securing a ceasefire. The war against his people has been described as a "grave tragedy." Pictured left: Bodies of Palestinians buried in a mass grave in Rafah

The Archbishop of Canterbury has used his Christmas Day sermon to highlight anti-Semitism in the United Kingdom and the suffering of children in the Israel-Hamas war. The skies of Bethlehem are full of fear rather than angels and glory,' referring to Jesus Christ's birthplace, which is now in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.' The nefarious conditions of Jesus' birth were compared to the present-day plight of children in the troubled region, while still discussing children in the United Kingdom who must 'hide their Jewishness on their way to school' in fear of the "age-old atrocious sin of antisemitism.'

'I think it's about time for the world to know that the Oslo model fell on October 7 and that we should build a new one,' Tzipi Hotovely, 45, said. "Israel knows today and the world should know now that the Oslo deal fell because Palestinians never intended to have a state next to Israel." They want a state from the river to the sea.' Ms Hotovely has expressed her displeasure with the fact that the Palestinian Authority had refused to condemn the 7 October attack.

According to the IDF, the video was shot in Shejaiya, northern Gaza, and it shows troops from two units firing from a Hamas terror cell. It comes as the United States vetoed a UN resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, prompting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to declare that the country is' complicit in war crimes.' The United Kingdom abstained, while the other 13 nations on the council endorsed the motion. This morning, Hamas terrorists broke through the Israeli border and killed nearly 1,200 civilians in Gaza, killing 17,487 people, according to the Hamas-led Palestinian health ministry.

What awful crimes might it take for a nation to be blacklisted by the UN on human-rights grounds?Detention without trial?Summary executions?Torture, public floggings and the persecution of racial minorities? Perhaps. In this instance, the answer may be a bit more surprising. Merely to state that biological sex questions could be sufficient to disgrace this disgrace.

Since being found guilty of detonating a gas cylinder that wounded an Israeli police officer, Israa Jaabis, 38, (left) had been detained since 2015. She suffered severe burns on her face and hands as a result of the assault. On Saturday, she was released as part of a Hamas deal with Israeli hostages who will be freed in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. During the second round of the swap, Israel released 39 Palestinians - six women and 33 teenagers - from two jails on Saturday. On Saturday, some of the Palestinians returned home to a hero's welcome at Al-Bireh Municipality Square in Ramallah, Israel-controlled West Bank, where thousands of people waited for them. The teenage boys, who were newly promoted (right), were paraded through the main square, as well as green banners of Hamas and yellow banners of President Mahmoud Abbas' rival Fatah faction.

It has been confirmed that released hostage children will be given ear defenders (left) to shield them from the noise of helicopters transporting them to hospital. Officials are concerned that the extreme shock and experience of flying on a helicopter may have sparked fear among the youngest children who are not expected to be free. Some are expected to be only three or four years old and medical staff have been debating travel arrangements with Israeli Defence Forces officials, with preparations extending over the next few days and hospitals staff being on alert, including trauma specialists.

The fragile four-day war started at 7 a.m. local time (12:30 ET and 5: 5 hrs GMT), with guns set to be laid down across the region for the first time in nearly seven weeks. However, the smell of artillery fire from inside Gaza increased, and journalists on the ground confirmed the sound of artillery fire from within the enclave up to 15 minutes after the ceasefire began. Avichay Adraee (left) of the IDF announced on television that just as the ceasefire was going to begin, she had a message warning: the war is not over yet.' The humanitarian pause is temporary. The northern Gaza strip is a volatile war zone, and it is forbidden to travel north.' According to mediators in Qatar, the first tranche of 13 hostages would be released later today. Families of American hostage Abigail Mor, 3, (top left), and Irish-Israeli hostage Emily Hand are hoping to be among the first to be released.

After the September 7 terror attack, Israel's ambassador to the United Kingdom warned that a two-state solution is 'not possible.' When she was asked about Andrew Marr's LBC program, Tzipi Hotovely appeared on the possibility of a 'two-state solution,' in which Israel would coexist alongside an autonomous Palestinian state. Mr Marr asked about a two-state solution, saying: 'You don't think that after what happened on October 7 a two-state solution is any longer possible?' 'It's not possible,' Ms Hotovely replied.

In a speech, Netanyahu said something shockingly preposterous today.' It denied that it was Hamas that sparked the horrific massacre at the Nova Festival near Gaza. 'It really accused Israel of committing the murder.' However, this is completely opposite of reality. Abu Mazen [aka Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority] has denied the existence of the Holocaust in the past, but today it is deny the existence of the Hamas massacre.' That's intolerable.' This comes after the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates' official account on X, which was previously known as Twitter, published a statement claiming that Israeli forces murdered their own people on October 7. Hamas killed 1,200 Israeli civilians and took 240 hostages in Israel's deadly attacks.

Israel is planning to expand its assault into southern Gaza after warning civilians that despite dropping warning leaflets earlier this week, it will be difficult to move. Following the deadly October 7 attacks in which the terror group's fighters killed 1,200 people and took 240 hostages, the country promised to eliminate Hamas. Following further Israeli attacks, Hamas-run Gaza authorities have raised the death toll to 12,300, including 5,000 children this weekend. Palestinian authorities accused the Israeli army of forcibly evacuating most employees, patients, and refugees from Gaza's largest hospital Al-Shifa, and transferring them to painful journeys southwards on foot. Israel's military has been searching for a Hamas command center that it claims is hidden under the hospital, which Hamas and hospital employees deny.

According to the ministry, more than 4,000 of the 10,022 recorded casualties were aged under the age of 18, adding that more than 200 people were killed overnight in ruthless bombardments carried out by IDF warplanes. Israel's strikes on Gaza are often disproportionate, considering the deaths of hundreds of civilians, according to IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus, who was resolute in his defense of the brutal attack on Gaza. We'll take the war to Hamas wherever they are located - underground and above ground.' We'll be able to demolish Hamas, the stronghold that came after heavy combat, and battalion after battalion, until we achieve the ultimate goal, which is to remove Hamas from the Gaza Strip,' he said. The devastating death toll came just hours after armoured battalions surrounded Gaza City in preparation for a ground assault on Hamas.

The Pentagon revealed a picture of the Ohio-class submarine that can fire Tomahawk cruise missiles in the Suez Canal just north of Cairo in a rare statement. Since Hamas' horrific attack on Israel, the US has stepped up its military presence in the region. Two aircraft carriers, including the world's biggest, Gerald R. Ford, have been sent to the eastern Mediterranean, as well as scores of planes that could carry out air strikes. Now the submarine, which can carry up to 1,000 pounds of explosives in their warheads, has been moved with tensions at boiling point.

Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told reporters that there is north Gaza and south Gaza today, making it a 'important step' in Israel's conflict against the Hamas terrorist faction, which is ruling the enclave 9map bottom right). Troops are now scheduled to enter Gaza City within 48 hours, according to Israeli media, an operation that will bring a new chapter to the conflict that began almost a month ago, when Hamas gunmen stormed Israel and killed 1,400 people (Israeli troops in Gaza's capital). As the IDF seeks to soften up Hamas strongholds in Gaza City before its troops are compelled to navigate the city's perilous streets on foot, northern Gaza was struck by incessant Israeli airstrikes overnight Sunday into Monday morning. It comes as Israel accuses Hamas of war crimes by releasing images of what seemed to be Hamas tunnels underneath a hospital (top right).

According to photographs published by the Palestinian Authority, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday in a high-security surprise visit to the West Bank. As global fear of increasing violence in the occupied territories in tandem with the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza since October 7, the top US diplomat met with Abbas in Ramallah. Since the start of the war, Blinken has been to Israel, but this was his first visit to the West Bank.

A young female conscript soldier is preparing for action in a field close to the Gaza border. She was working in an advertising company in Tel Aviv a fortnight ago, now she's headed for Gaza - and its Hamas terrorists. It's definitely different than what I was doing two weeks ago,' I'm sure.' But everything changed on October 7,' she said, referring to the murder of 1,400 of her fellow citizens by Hamas. She is one of 370,000 conscripts who left their day jobs and their cars outside army bases to sign up. Both the people of Israel and Gaza are preparing for mass bloodshed as the former promises to punish Hamas by land, air, and sea.