By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 06 August 2007 Part of the security detail of Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas secures the perimeter of the Intercontinental Hotel, 06 August 2007 Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmo...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 21 June 2007 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are to hold talks in Egypt, early next week. As VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem, Jordan's King Abdullah is also scheduled to a...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 19 February 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the summit in Jerusalem between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reaffirmed a commitment to a two-state solution in the M...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 15 January 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she will attend a three-way summit next month with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the establishment of a...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 11 January 2007 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says efforts to form a unity Palestinian government will continue, saying he is determined to put an end to Palestinian factional fighting. Mr. Abbas made his comments just d...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 18 December 2006 British PM Tony Blair, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, walk past an honor guard before a meeting in Ramallah, 18 Dec 2006 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he is pressing on wi...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is mulling his next move after talks on forming a national unity government with the ruling Islamic militant group Hamas collapsed. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau,...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 22 June 2006 The prime minister of Israel and the president of the Palestinian Authority met informally on Thursday in Jordan, and agreed to hold formal talks in the near future. -------------- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olm...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 10 June 2006 Mahmoud Abbas during a press conference at his headquarters in Ramallah, June 10, 2006 Moderate Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has called a referendum on a two-state solution, in a major challenge to the new...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 02 March 2006 Israeli and Palestinian leaders say that international terror elements have infiltrated the Palestinian territories. That could have an effect on Israeli elect...