The Latest Breaking News from Mahmoud Abbas

Nasser al-Qudwa, a Palestinian former foreign minister, told FRANCE 24 that Mahmoud Abbas's 18 years at the head of the Palestinian Authority "has to end", adding that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians agree. It is their right to see new leadership, he said, adding that "85% of the Palestinians want…

Residents of Jenin say Israeli army seems intent only on revenge as they pick through wreckage of their homes

Announcement follows pressure from allies in US to alleviate humanitarian crisis in besieged territory

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to meet Palestine’s Mahmud Abbas after talks with Israeli officials.

A top U.S. envoy says the United States agrees with Israel that the fight against Hamas will take months, but officials are discussing the timetable for scaling back from high-intensity combat to more precise ways of targeting the militant group’s leaders

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The Israeli army carried out a raid metres away from the Palestinian Authority’s headquarters in Ramallah last week.

Israel has vowed to keep fighting until it crushes Hamas after one of the deadliest single battles of the war for its soldiers in Gaza

With Russia a decreasingly useful partner in global geopolitics, and China nibbling away at India’s disputed frontier with it, the makings of a fundamental diplomactic reorientation have become clear