Published: 5 January 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Palestine's Abbas hails Haniyeh’s reconciliation letter (Arshaq Al-Awsat)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has hailed a letter from Hamas’s Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh on the movement’s readiness to end internal division and achieve reconciliation
Abbas announces agreement with Hamas to hold elections (Jerusalem Post)
Hamas did not immediately comment on Abbas’s announcement
Abbas impatient to resume unconditional talks with Israel
Senior PA official says Abbas is planning to take advantage of the fact that President-elect Joe Biden's administration has not yet formulated a clear vision of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Photo: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Ishtayeh (right) and President Mahmoud Abbas at the swearing in ceremony of the new PA government in Ramallah, April 2019 (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
