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Mahmoud Abbas
Mahmoud Abbas, also known by the kunya Abu Mazen, is a Palestinian politician who has been serving as the second president of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) since 2005. He has also been the fourth chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) since 2004. Abbas is also a member of the Fatah party and was elected the party's chairman in 2009.
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politics · President of Palestine since 2005 · politician · jurist · also Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazen, Mahmud Abbas, Abbas
Born 15 November 1935 · Q127998
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2026· 32 entries
“s security could only be attained through peace.”
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“I could run again, I know that, but I can tell you that this will not happen.”
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“He has his positions and his views but we will deal with him without any preconceptions.”
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“I will have contact with all the Palestinian parties.”
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“the use of arms has been damaging and should end.”
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Published video “الرئيس عباس يستقبل رئيس وأعضاء مجلس بلدي جنين”.
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MTV Lebanon: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held the Israeli government responsible for the death of a cancer-stricken prisoner.
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The Guardian: Abbas fought the Taliban alongside US and Australian troops. Now exiled in Iran, he feels abandoned
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Oneindia: ‘Will Not Stop Until Palestine…’: NATO Leader BLASTS Israeli PM Netanyahu Alongside Mahmoud Abbas
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AnewZ: Erdoğan and Abbas discuss Gaza and regional security in Ankara
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thenationalnews.com: Palestinian support for armed groups and Mahmoud Abbas drops, poll shows
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Haberler.com: Mahmoud Abbas is in Turkey again after 328 days! President Erdogan welcomed him like this
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Published video “الرئيس عباس في مؤتمر صحفي مشترك مع الرئيس التركي رجب طيب أردوغان”.
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Published video “الرئيس يبحث مع نظيره التركي مستجدات الأوضاع السياسية والعدوان على شعبنا”.
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جريدة القدس: Abbas from Ankara: No peace without ending the occupation, and Gaza is an integral part of the Palestinian state
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Haberler.com: The meaning of the key on Abbas's collar was heartbreaking: it symbolizes the hope of returning to Palestine.
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Xinhua: Erdogan meets Abbas in Ankara, reaffirms support for Palestine
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WAFA Agency: President Abbas: Only way to achieve just peace is ending occupation and establishment of Palestinian state
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WAFA Agency: President Abbas and Turkish counterpart discuss latest developments, Israel’s aggression against Palestinian people
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Hürriyet Daily News: Erdoğan, Abbas hold talks on Palestine, regional issues
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Published video “الرئيس عباس يصل تركيا في زيارة رسمية”.
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ladiaria.com.uy: El presidente turco Erdogan recibió a su par palestino, Mahmud Abbas, y pidió la reconstrucción de la Franja de Gaza
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Turkish Minute: Palestinian President Abbas to visit Turkey for talks with Erdoğan
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Published video “الرئيس عباس يستقبل مجلس بلدي نابلس ويطلع على خطط النهوض بالواقع التنموي والخدماتي”.
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صوت الإمارات: Mahmoud Abbas mourns the death of Palestinian Ambassador to Egypt, Diab al-Louh
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Published video “الرئيس عباس يستقبل مجلس بلدية بيت لحم ويؤكد النهوض بالواقع السياحي والتنموي فيها”.
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Published video “الرئيس عباس يستقبل مجلس بلدية رام الله ويشدد على دور البلديات في دعم الصمود وتطوير الخدمات”.
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Published video “الرئيس عباس يقلد قامات وطنية ومؤسسين في اتحاد الكتاب والأدباء أوسمة الثقافة والعلوم والفنون”.
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Published video “الرئيس عباس يقلد عائلة القائد الوطني الراحل أحمد عبد الرحمن نجمة يبوس من وسام الرئيس ياسر عرفات”.
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Published video “الرئيس عباس يستقبل رئيس وأعضاء بلدية البيرة ويوجههم بمضاعفة الجهود لخدمة المواطنين وتعزيز صمودهم”.
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Awarded honorary doctorate presented by Arab American University (2026).
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2024· 2 entries
India Today rated the claim “Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a ‘Zionist slave’.” False.
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Abbas' ratings fell to 29%, with 59% of Palestinians disapproving of him
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2023· 1 entry
And held talks with President Xi Jinping and met with Premier Li Keqiang
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2022· 2 entries
Awarded Order of the Star of Romania (2022).
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Abbas' approval was at 40% before falling to 32% in 2023
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2021· 3 entries
fact checker rated the claim “Ynet News published an article saying that without President Mahmoud Abbas, Israel would have been able to make these local and international advances.The claim does not specify what these advances are.” fake.
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Won Medal of Friends of the Algerian Revolution (2021).
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Local elections in Palestine were held amidst a rift between Abbas and Hamas
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2017· 3 entries
Awarded Order of the Republic (2017).
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Awarded Order of Isa II (2017).
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Abbas' approval ratings was 45%, before eventually rising to 50% in 2018
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2016· 2 entries
PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Mahmoud Abbas, Ali Khamenei, Vladimir Putin met each other "in the class of 1968 at Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow."” Pants on Fire.
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Abbas objected to the entrance of Qatari fuel to the Gaza electricity plant via Israel, because his PA would be unable to collect taxes on the fuel
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2015· 3 entries
Awarded Order of Palestine (2015).
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Awarded Order of Glory and Honor (2015).
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And revoked in 2023 following Abbas' Holocaust denial comments on that year)
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2014· 3 entries
Awarded National Order of Merit (2014).
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Awarded Order of Francisco de Miranda (2014).
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And subsequent years, Abbas supported Egypt's crackdown on smuggling tunnels and welcomed the flooding of the tunnels by Egypt in coordination with the PA
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2013· 4 entries
Awarded Order of Mubarak the Great (2013).
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Awarded Order of Friendship (2013).
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Awarded Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin (2013).
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Awarded Order of Merit (2013).
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2012· 2 entries
And 2014, Abbas' approval ratings peaked at 64%
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Abbas floated the idea of accepting a two-state solution which outlined Palestine as existing within the 1967 borders with a capital in East Jerusalem
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella (2011).
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“s corruption investigation (he was later convicted). Abbas said in October 2011 that he made a counteroffer to let Israel annex 1.9% of the West Bank. In 2012, Abbas floated the idea of accepting a two-state solution which outlined Palestine as existing within the 1967 borders with a capital in East Jerusalem. In an interview with Israeli Channel 2 TV, Abbas said,”
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2010· 3 entries
Awarded Order of the Grand Star of Djibouti (2010).
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Abbas declared that he opposed lifting the Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip because this would bolster Hamas
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Citing the PLO constitution, and on 16 December 2009 was voted into office indefinitely by the PLO Central Council
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2008· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Al-Fakhr (2008).
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Career landmark: president of the State of Palestine (2008).
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2005· 3 entries
Election won: 2005 presidential election.
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Campaign: 2005 presidential election.
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Career landmark: President of the Palestinian National Authority (2005).
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2004· 2 entries
Career landmark: Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (2004).
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Career landmark: chairperson (2004).
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2003· 2 entries
CBS News reported that Yasser Arafat, Abbas's mentor and predecessor, had diverted nearly $1 billion in public funds to "insure his political survival"
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority (2003–2003).
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2002· 1 entry
The eldest, Mazen Abbas, ran a building company in Doha and died in Qatar of a heart attack in 2002 at the age of 42.
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1996· 2 entries
Career landmark: chairperson (1996–2002).
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Career landmark: Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (1996–2003).
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1995· 1 entry
And Israeli negotiator Yossi Beilin wrote the Beilin–Abu Mazen agreement, which was meant to be the framework for a future Israeli–Palestinian peace deal
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1994· 1 entry
Career landmark: Head of Negotiations Affairs Department (1994–2003).
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1984· 1 entry
Published a book titled The Other Side: the Secret Relationship Between Nazism and Zionism (Arabic: Al-Wajh al-Ākhar: Al-'Alāqat aL-Sirriyya bayn al-Nāzīyya wa al-Sahyūniyya) based on the dissertation
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1982· 1 entry
At the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, and defended at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Soviet Academy of Sciences
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1977· 1 entry
Abbas called for the repatriation of Arab Jews to their countries of origin, receiving the approval of Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, and Sudan
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1975· 3 entries
“We have at least 12 security apparatuses that cannot be controlled by anybody.”
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“From here, our people begin the march towards establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital”
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“Today we are visitors to the airport, tomorrow we will come here as travellers.”
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1967· 1 entry
“s withdrawal from the territory. He said he would be co-ordinating the Palestinian side of the withdrawal, and mediating between different factions. The run-up to the pullout has seen renewed clashes involving militants, Palestinian police and Israeli forces. Israel, which has occupied Gaza since 1967, plans to start evacuating all 21 settlements in about three weeks”
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1961· 1 entry
Was recruited to become a member of Fatah, founded by Yasser Arafat and five other Palestinians in Kuwait in the late 1950s
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1935· 1 entry
Born 1935-11-15.
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