Abbas vow on Israel recognition
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas tells the UN that any new Palestinian government would recognise Israel.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  said he would phone newly elected Palestinian President Mahmoud  Abbas Tuesday to wish him good luck and seek cooperation,  Israel Radio said.
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By the News-Register. Mahmoud Abbas, the interim leader of the Palestinian Authority, has made it clear that he believes terrorist attacks aimed at Israelis must end if there is to be peace between his people and Israel.
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Emergent Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas drew cheers at his first election rally on Tuesday by vowing to follow in Yasser Arafat&#39;s footsteps while stressing he would seek a state via peace talks with Israel.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the acting Palestinian leader, called on his people to drop their weapons in the struggle for a state. His stance marks a clear change of strategy for peace with Israel after the death of Yasser Arafat last month.
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Cloaking himself in Yasser Arafat's legacy, interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas opened his campaign for president Saturday with a pledge to fulfill Palestinian dreams of statehood.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday vowed to press on with early elections as a truce between his security forces and the Hamas government threatened to unravel in the Gaza Strip.
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BEIJING, Dec. 30 -- Interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has addressed an election rally of thousands in the West Bank town of Tulkarem, ahead of January 9th&#39;s presidential election.
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Israel will not block Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from assuming control of the Gaza Strip's breached border crossing with Egypt as part of an agreement with Cairo, Israeli officials said on Tuesday.
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Palestinian Leader Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a press conference in Amman, Jordan on Monday, Dec. 20, 2004. Abbas said he welcomes any form of Israeli withdrawal from Gaza but this withdrawal should not end there, it must be part of the road map.
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Just two days after branding Israel the "Zionist enemy," Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas pledged on Thursday to pursue peace talks following the Jan. 9 presidential election he is widely expected to win.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said he will support an expected decision by a top PLO decision-making body to call early elections.
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Palestinian presidential favorite Mahmoud Abbas vowed on Tuesday never to give up the late Yasser Arafat's bedrock demand that Israel recognize a "right of return" of Palestinian refugees.
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Mahmoud Abbas will visit the Gaza Strip to try to convince Palestinian militants to stop attacks against Israel.
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The Palestinian president draws cheers by vowing that his government will recognize Israel. But he forgot about Hamas
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Mahmoud Abbas, 69, who opposes continuing violence against Israel, declared victory and dedicated it to Yasir Arafat.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate in a Jan. 9 Palestinian presidential election, on Wednesday called on Israel to tear down its West Bank separation barrier, telling thousands