Palestinian president calls for Hamas to surrender weapons
- 23-Sep-2025
UNITED NATIONS: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called Monday for Hamas to surrender its weapons to his forces while condemning the group’s deadly attack on Israel in an address to a UN summit on a two-state solution. “Hamas will have no role in governing (Gaza). Hamas and other factions must surrender their weapons to the Palestinian […]
In call with Palestinian president, Alvi calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza
- 10-Nov-2023
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi held a telephone call with his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas, and urged the international community to make efforts for urgent ceasefire in Gaza, facing relentless bombing by Israel, ARY News reported on Friday. The telephone call takes place as Israel relentlessly bombarded the besieged Gaza Strip, levelling entire city blocks […]
Palestinian president tells Macron to stop Israel ‘aggression’ on Gaza
- 25-Oct-2023
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas told France’s Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday that the international community must halt Israel’s “aggression” in the Gaza Strip. “We urge you, President Macron, to stop this aggression,” Abbas said after the two leaders held talks in Ramallah dominated by the war that has left thousands of civilians dead in Gaza. The […]
Biden urges calm in first call with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
- 16-May-2021
In Gaza, at least 144 people have been killed since Monday, including 39 children and 22 women.
Palestinian president slams US dropping ‘occupied’ in report
- 14-Mar-2019
Nabil Abu Rudeineh called it "a continuation of the hostile approach of the American administration toward our Palestinian people and... contrary to all UN resolutions."
Palestinian president in Cairo, Istanbul to rally region over Jerusalem
- 11-Dec-2017
CAIRO: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday intensified efforts to rally Middle Eastern countries against US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, setting up talks with Arab leaders beginning in Cairo. Abbas will meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt, which has been a key broker in past peace talks with Israel and between fighting […]
Trump to speak with Palestinian president Abbas
- 10-Mar-2017
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will on Friday speak by telephone with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, the White House said. The midday (1700 GMT) phone call will be the first between the two leaders. Trump received Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in mid-February. At that meeting, Trump said he was not […]
Palestinian president due in Islamabad today
- 30-Jan-2017
ISLAMABAD: The President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas will arrive in Islamabad on Monday on a three-day visit to Pakistan. According to the Foreign Office spokesperson, this would be his third visit to Pakistan. He has previously been to Pakistan in 2005 and 2013. President Abbas will be accompanied by 17-member delegation, including five ministers. During […]
WATCH: Palestinian president, Israel’s Netanyahu shake hands at Peres funeral
- 30-Sep-2016
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas shook hands and spoke briefly at Shimon Peres's funeral on Friday in a rare public encounter between the two men.