Search Results For “ Mahmoud+Abbas ” 12 articles

  • Full Circles: Hamas Goes to Cairo

    Full Circles: Hamas Goes to Cairo

    During the past week, a Hamas delegation paid an official visit to Egypt, which these days is news in and of itself. During its time in Cairo, the delegation also met with former Fatah warlord Muhammad Dahlan, which is even bigger news.

    The Hamas delegation w..

  • Who Is Afraid of the International Criminal Court?

    Who Is Afraid of the International Criminal Court?

    Can the International Criminal Court (ICC) deliver the justice Palestinians have struggled to realize for well over a century? The pursuit of accountability at the ICC is one venue of this struggle. But any sustainable vis..

  • Seize The Moment

    Seize The Moment

    Should the Palestinian leadership fail to seize the moment, it would condemn itself to eternal damnation.

    In the speech, Abbas rejected the notion of resuming peace negotia..

  • الخروج من قواعد أوسلو

    الخروج من قواعد أوسلو

    بعد المؤتمر الصحافي الذي عقده الرئيس محمود عباس، وقال فيه: إنّ المصالحة تعني الانتخابات، وأنه لا حوار آخر مع "حماس" إلا إذا سمحت للجنة الانتخابات باستئناف تسجيل الناخبين في قطاع غزة، وبعد رد فعل "حماس" الشديد الذي وصف عباس بـ"رأس الفتنة"، وأنّ لا مصالحة من دون التخلص منه؛ بات واضحًا أكثر من أي وقت مضى أن المصالحة بعيدة المنال.

  • O.I.L. Media Roundup (30 January)

    O.I.L. Media Roundup (30 January)

    [This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Occupation, Intervention, and Law and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the O.I.L. Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each biweekly roun..

  • More Quick Thoughts on Palestine at the United Nations

    More Quick Thoughts on Palestine at the United Nations

    The outcome of a United Nations General Assembly vote on enhanced membership status for Palestine has never been in question. The Palestinians will win, probably handily, because the international community overwhelmingly supports the Palestinian right to self-determination and opposes Israel..

  • O.I.L. Media Roundup (5 November)

    O.I.L. Media Roundup (5 November)

    [This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Occupation, Intervention, and Law and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the O.I.L. Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each biweekly roun..

  • Statehood Bid One Year Later: No State, No Bid, No Freedom

    Statehood Bid One Year Later: No State, No Bid, No Freedom

    In early August 2012, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas vowed to renew the United Nations statehood bid in September:

    "Even if this step conflicts with other parties` interests … [W]e will not step back. . . . Israel neither halted settlement activities,..

  • An Ongoing Nakba: The Plight of Palestinian Refugees in Iraq

    An Ongoing Nakba: The Plight of Palestinian Refugees in Iraq

    In September 2011, the month that Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud ‘Abbas, submitted Palestine’s statehood bid at the United Nations (UN), Qusai Abdul-Raouf of the Lebanon-based Palestinian Human Rights Foundation was undertaking the task of documenting the increasing number of attacks a..

  • An Apocalyptic Air of Approaching Peril: Zionism at the United Nations

    An Apocalyptic Air of Approaching Peril: Zionism at the United Nations

    Bibi sauntered. He swaggered. He spoke freely, seemingly unguided by any text. He irreverently made circles with his fingers. He called the group of diplomats and interns assembled in front of him actors in

  • Palestine at the UN. . . . Again

    Palestine at the UN. . . . Again

    Just about ninety minutes ago Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, posed the perennial Palestinian question to the delegations assembled in New York:

  • Endless Negotiations: Palestinian Quicksand

    Endless Negotiations: Palestinian Quicksand

    News of resumed peace talks have hit the headlines--on September 1st, international leaders will break bread and on September 2nd, ostensibly well-rested and full-bellied, they will resume direct peace negotiations. Sadly, the photo opportunit..