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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, center, leaves the St. Damasus Courtyard at the Vatican after meeting with Pope Leo XIV, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo meets Palestinian President Abbas, discuss urgent need for Gaza aid, two-state solution

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FILE - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 26, 2024, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

U.S. revokes visas of Palestinian president and other officials ahead of U.N. General Assembly

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

U.S. congressmen Cory Mills (R-FL), left, and Martin Stutzman (R-IN), second from right, meet Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, a Syrian-American Christian prelate serving as the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus Friday, April 18, 2025. Mills and Stutzman arrived on an unofficial visit organized by a Syrian-American nonprofit, the first visit by U.S. legislators since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad in December.(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Congress members pay an unofficial visit to Damascus as U.S. mulls sanctions relief

By Omar Sanadiki and Abby Sewell - Associated Press

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Biden envoy to meet with Abbas as U.S. floats a possible Palestinian security role in postwar Gaza

By Karin Laub, Najib Jobain and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

FILE - Palestinians look for survivors of the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. A wartime opinion poll among Palestinians shows a rise in support for Hamas, even in the devastated Gaza Strip. The survey published Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023 also reflected an overwhelming rejection of Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas, with nearly 90% saying he must resign. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Wartime Palestinian poll shows surge in Hamas support, close to 90% want U.S.-backed Abbas to resign

By Karin Laub - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he boards his plane to depart after meetings, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)

Blinken meets Abbas in the West Bank in the latest stop on his diplomat push on the Israel-Hamas war

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Palestinian leader tells U.N. there can be no Mideast peace without his people enjoying full rights

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Illustration on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Why Mahmoud Abbas can’t make peace with Israelis

By Clifford D. May

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a conference to support Jerusalem at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 12, 2023. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has fired most of the governors in the occupied West Bank. The move follows long-standing demands for a political shake-up as frustration grows with the semi-autonomous Palestinian Authority. Abbas issued a decree dismissing the governors of eight provinces under Palestinian administration in the occupied territory. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Palestinian leader’s comments on Holocaust draw accusations of antisemitism from U.S. and Europe

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A Palestinian police officer inspects illegal motorcycles that police have newly confiscated as part of a wider crackdown on crime in Jenin, that are gathered in a scrap yard at the Beit Qad police station, north of the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

After Israeli raids, Palestinian police struggle in militant hotbed, reflecting region on the brink

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a conference to support Jerusalem at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 12, 2023. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has fired most of the governors in the occupied West Bank. The move follows long-standing demands for a political shake-up as frustration grows with the semi-autonomous Palestinian Authority. Abbas issued a decree dismissing the governors of eight provinces under Palestinian administration in the occupied territory. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas fires nearly all governors in West Bank in major upheaval

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Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas attends a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday, June 15, 2023. (Jade Gao/Pool Photo via AP)

Palestinian president visits Jenin refugee camp after devastating Israeli military raid

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends the Arab summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on May 19, 2023. Abbas began a visit to China on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, that comes as Beijing is seeking a larger role in Mideast politics and competing for energy resources. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

China inks ‘strategic partnership’ with Palestinian Authority as it expands Middle East presence

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Palestinians burn tires and wave the national flag during a protest against Israeli military raid in the West Bank city of Jenin, along the border fence with Israel, in east of Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. During the raid in the West Bank town of Jenin, Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians, including a 60-year-old woman, and wounded several others, Palestinian health officials said, in one of the deadliest days of fighting in years. The Israeli military said it was conducting an operation to arrest militants when a gun battle erupted. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Clash kills nine Palestinians, inflames tensions ahead of Blinken trip to Israel

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

A Palestinian artist paints a portrait of of the late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat, on a wall in preparation of celebration of 58th Fatah anniversary, at the main square in Gaza City, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Huge crowds of Palestinians mark Fatah anniversary in Gaza

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