Sri Lanka Mitra Vibhushana

The President of the Palestine Authority Mahmoud Abbas will be on an officially visit to Serbia on President Nikolic's invitation.

Tanjug is quoting the president's press service as stating Nikolic and Abbas will meet on Wednesday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Feb. 24 hailed the verdict of a New York court which found the Palestinian leadership responsible for six deadly attacks in Jerusalem that killed Americans.
      

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will visit the Turkish capital of Ankara on Jan. 12 to discuss the repercussions of the U.N. Security Council's failure to adopt a draft resolution setting a deadline for the ending of Israeli occupation, a Palestinian diplomat has said.

Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghuti has been placed in solitary confinement after publishing a letter calling for a return to "armed resistance" against Israel, a Palestinian NGO said on Nov. 12.

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Nov. 11 accused the Islamist movement Hamas of trying "to destroy" efforts to broker national unity through a series of bomb blasts in Gaza last week.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has warned both Israel and the international community that an Israeli offensive on the al-Aqsa Mosque may pave the way for a “new intifada,” leading to troubles that might spread across the world and not be limited to the Middle East.