Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Tuesday called for the convening of an international conference by mid-2018 to pave the way for recognition of Palestinian statehood as part of a wider Middle East peace ‘process’. “To solve the Palestine question, it is essential to establish a multilateral international mechanism emanating from ...
Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas will urge world powers at the UN Security Council on Tuesday to stand up to the US decision to recognize Al-Quds (Jerusalem) as Israeli capital and establish a revamped peace process. President Donald Trump’s decision to move the US embassy to Al-Quds infuriated the Palestinians who ...