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Photo Credit: TwitterEmirati singer Walid Al-Jasem during a visit to Jerusalem, December 4, 2020 {Repsoted from the JCPA website} For generations, residents of the Middle East have been left behind because of old conflicts, hostility, lies, and deception. So many things have set them back, like the lies that Jews and Arabs are enemies and [...] Published December 16, 2020 at 03:35AM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, December 16, 2020 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech during the virtual Climate Ambition Summit 2020 dominated the front page headlines in Wednesday’s issue of the three mainstream Palestinian Arabic dailies. President Abbas was reported in al-Quds and al-Hayat al-Jadida stating that despite living under the ]Israeli[ occupation and the coronavirus pandemic, the [...] Published December 16, 2020 at 03:31AM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

TEL AVIV - Covid has hit the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, starting with Patriarch Msgr Pierbattista Pizzaballa, who tested positive for the virus and is currently in quarantine and in good condition. The Patriarchate communicated the news and said five other priests are also currently infected with the virus but all are asymptomatic. It said [...] Published December 15, 2020 at 11:46AM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

December 14, 2020 by David Singer Read on for article Another momentous week has seen President Trump broker diplomatic relations between Israel and Morocco – whilst Bhutan and Israel established diplomatic ties and Israel’s first commercial flight to Dubai occurred. It is also the week in which long-serving member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) [...] Published December 13, 2020 at 05:13PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will meet on Monday with President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas, who will arrive in the country on Sunday for a working visit. The Amir and the Palestinian President will discuss bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries and ways to support and enhance them, in addition [...] Published December 12, 2020 at 03:25PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Comment: Hanan Ashrawi's departure leaves the PLO a poorer place, headed by a power hungry Abbas, and in desperate need of reform, writes Muhammad Shehada. Since the signing of the 1993 Oslo accords, Dr Hanan Ashrawi has been the progressive face of official Palestinian diplomacy: a woman of Christian faith, a prominent activist, a critical [...] Published December 11, 2020 at 05:05PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

RAMALLAH, Thursday, December 10, 2020 (WAFA) – Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh called today upon Spain to recognize the State of Palestine in response to Israel's colonial settlement activity and its continuing takeover of Palestinian land. His statement came as he received visiting Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya at his office in Ramallah, where they [...] Published December 10, 2020 at 02:12PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

No tourists means hard times in the holy cityIn the place where tradition says the season to be jolly all began, officials and merchants say there is little to celebrate in Bethlehem this Christmas.And only 12 months ago, a record 3.5 million pilgrims celebrated here.Maikel Canawati, owner of Three Arches 2 souvenir shop, one of [...] Published December 08, 2020 at 12:58PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

BETHLEHEM — Only a few dozen people attended the lighting of the Christmas tree in the biblical city of Bethlehem on Saturday night, as coronavirus restrictions scaled back the annual event that is normally attended by thousands. A small group of residents and religious leaders participated in the tree-lighting ceremony at Manger Square near the [...] Published December 05, 2020 at 02:37PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Photo Credit: Mark Neyman/GPOPresident Reuven Rivlin (R) meets with then Czech Defense Minister and now Ambassador to israel Martin Stropnicky in Jerusalem, January 16, 2017. The Palestinian Authority’s Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ministry on Thursday summoned the head of the Czech Republic’s Representative Office to Palestine Petr Starý, demanding clarifications on the Czech Foreign Ministry’s [...] Published December 04, 2020 at 05:09AM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

CAIRO, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed on Sunday the latest developments in Palestine. During a meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo, Abbas and Aboul-Gheit reviewed various aspects of the Palestinian cause in the wake of the recent developments on the international political arena, the [...] Published November 29, 2020 at 03:53PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

A few days ago, Dr. Mohammad Shtayyeh, the Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), tweeted about meeting Shaheed Bin Yusuf Stakala, “who walked all the way from Cape Town in South Africa to Jerusalem to pray in Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in a journey that lasted over two years.” From WAFA, the PNA’s own [...] Published November 28, 2020 at 12:00PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki told the Mediterranean Dialogues Forum on Thursday night that the PA had indirectly informed US President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration of its willingness to return to negotiations with Israel on the basis of international law resolutions. “Right now, we are sending clear messages, not only to the Israelis and [...] Published November 26, 2020 at 03:44PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin eulogized Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona Wednesday, with the former calling him a “true friend of Israel.” Maradona, 60, died earlier Wednesday, two weeks after being released from a Buenos Aires hospital following brain surgery. A hero to many in Israel and across the world for his [...] Published November 25, 2020 at 04:02PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Since Israel’s agreement with the United Arab Emirates was announced, there have been intermittent reports and speculation that Qatar might be the next country to follow suit—a move to be accompanied by improved relations with the U.S. This wealthy peninsular emirate occupies a strange position: friendly with Washington and home to a U.S. airbase, but [...] Published October 21, 2020 at 11:55PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Photos|| On behalf of President Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh offers condolences to Emir of #Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf ... Read original article here. Published October 04, 2020 at 10:04AM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

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The criminal charges against former prime minister Ehud Olmert were a "political assassination," PLO Executive Committee Secretary-General and chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Monday evening."In November 2008, after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert exchanged maps with [Palestinian] President Mahmoud Abbas of two states on the 1967 borders with mutually agreed swaps of land in size [...] Published September 21, 2020 at 03:41PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

The Gaza Strip is expected to run out of medical equipment used to treat coronavirus patients in less than a month, the Palestinian Health Ministry warned Thursday, according to Anadolu Agency.According to the media outlet, the ministry's Spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidra said the strip is facing a "difficult and dangerous" drug shortage that affects Gaza's efforts [...] Published September 18, 2020 at 06:50PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

What was going through Mahmoud Abbas’s head, I wonder, as he watched the inspirational normalization ceremony at the White House on Tuesday, carried live on Palestinian TV? Was he thinking, that could have been me, up there on the balcony, making peace with Israel, if only I’d so much as responded to prime minister Ehud [...] Published September 17, 2020 at 07:31AM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .