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Abbas denies Palestinians refused peace talks with Israel

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President Donald Trump speaks during the 2018 Ohio Republican Party State Dinner, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Palestinians: US cut aid to bring end to Jerusalem claim

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In this March 1, 2018, file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting of the Fatah Revolutionary Council in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Abbas was discharged Monday, May 28, 2018, from a West Bank hospital more than a week after he was hospitalized for fever and pneumonia. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian leader, leaves hospital after weeklong stay

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Abbas still full of lies

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this photo combination, Palestinians protest near the border of Israel and the Gaza Strip, left, and on the same day dignitaries, from left, Sara Netanyahu, her husband Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Senior White House Advisor Jared Kushner, and U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, applaud at the opening ceremony of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, May 14, 2018. Netanyahu praised the inauguration of the embassy as a "great day for peace," as dozens of Palestinians have been killed in Gaza amidst ongoing clashes. (AP Photo)

Jerusalem embassy opening marred by violent protests

By Seth J. Frantzman

Palestinian protesters burn tires during a protest on the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Monday, May 14, 2018. Thousands of Palestinians are protesting near Gaza's border with Israel, as Israel prepared for the festive inauguration of a new U.S. Embassy in contested Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

The Latest: Gaza Health Ministry releases latest death toll

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A sign on a bridge leading to the US Embassy compound ahead the official opening in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 13, 2018. Monday's opening of the U.S. Embassy in contested Jerusalem, cheered by Israelis as a historic validation, is seen by Palestinians as an in-your-face affirmation of pro-Israel bias by President Donald Trump and a new blow to frail statehood dreams. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem shows Trump pro-Israel bias, Palestinians say

By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

FILE- In this April 30, 2018 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian National Council at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The PLO has on Friday, May 4, 2018 affirmed 83-year-old Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as its unchallenged leader in a carefully staged four-day event. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Palestinian president apologizes over anti-Semitic remarks

By IAN DEITCH - Associated Press

In this photo made Sunday, April 22, 2018, Yasser Abed Rabbo, 73, a decade Palestinian Liberation Organization Number two, who was sidelined by Abbas in 2015, talks to the Associated press during an interview in his office at the PLO headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians vote on aging leadership as Abbas tightens grip

By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH - Associated Press

File - In this Jan. 14, 2018, file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting with the Palestinian Central Council in the West Bank city of Ramallah. A former Palestinian intelligence chief and the head of the West Bank bar association have sued the government of President Mahmoud Abbas after a 37-page document by an anonymous whistleblower alleged the two men, along with thousands of other officials, politicians, opposition figures and militants, were targeted in a large-scale wiretapping operation backed by the CIA. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Abbas’ government sued over alleged CIA-backed wiretapping

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH - Associated Press

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, speaks during a conference on Jerusalem at the Al-Azhar Conference Center, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. Abbas blasted Trump again over Jerusalem, saying the U.S. leader's decision to recognize contested Jerusalem as Israel's capital was "sinful." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Mahmoud Abbas, man of peace, to Donald Trump: ‘May your house be destroyed’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Israel slams Palestinian leader Abbas for anti-Trump speech

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A Better Idea for Peace Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Reimagining a more realistic ‘peace process’

By Clifford D. May

US puts Palestinians on notice: DC office may be shuttered

By JOSH LEDERMAN and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad (right) and Hamas' representative, Saleh al-Arouri, kissed after signing a reconciliation deal Thursday in Cairo. (Associated Press)

Egypt’s Palestinian unity talks pressure Israel

By Jacob Wirtschafter and Asma Jawabreh - Special to The Washington Times

Palestinian activist Issa Amro, center, celebrates his release from detention, in the West Bank city of Hebron, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. The Palestinian Authority has released Amro a week after he was arrested for writing a Facebook post criticizing the government of President Mahmoud Abbas. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

Palestinians release activist jailed for Facebook post

By MOHAMMAD DARAGHMEH - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Jail Abbas for incitement

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

This handout photo provided by the Israeli military on Saturday, July 22, 2017, shows Israel's defense minister, Avigdor Lieberman talking to army chief Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot at an Israeli military base in the West Bank. Israel has sent more troops to the West Bank. This comes a day after a Palestinian stabbed to death three members of an Israeli family in their home and after widespread Israeli-Palestinian clashes erupted over escalating tensions at the Holy Land's most contested shrine. (Israeli military via AP)

Israel to raze home of Palestinian who killed 3 Israelis

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and KARIN LAUB - Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in the West Bank City of Bethlehem. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump, Mahmoud Abbas say peace deal with Israel is possible

By S.A. Miller and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Protesters in Ramallah support the hunger strike launched by Palestinian prisoners and their jailed leader Marwan Barghouti. (Reham Abdelrahman)

Marwan Barghouti snack video heats up Israel prison debate

By Asma' Jawabreh and Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times