Benjamin Netanyahu would want the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to recognise it as such in any future negotiations.
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Mr. Fayyad frequently clashed with Mr. Abbas and was seen as being too independent.
Mr Abbas is due to complete his diplomatic tour with a trip to France.
Lloyd's List names the current owner of the ship as Iraqi national Ali Mohammed Abbas.
Another member of the ruling party, Dilawar Abbas, was appointed to the interim petroleum minister post.
Mr Obama was accompanied on his visit of the Church of the Nativity by President Abbas.
But then again, Olmert made his offer after conducting negotiations with Abbas for over a year.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the deaths jeopardised "US and international efforts to restart negotiations".
Sherko Abbas, a Kurdish-Syrian exile living in the US heads the Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria.
And I updated His Majesty on my discussions with Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Abbas.
The power base for Abbas, a U.S. ally, is anchored firmly in the West Bank.
Abbas' Fatah group dominated Palestinian politics for decades until last year, when Hamas won legislative elections.
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We called the BBC's Zaffar Abbas in Islamabad to learn more about the situation.
And let me just say that I will be meeting with President Abbas this afternoon.
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Fatah and the Palestinian Authority, led by Abbas, now govern only part of the West Bank.
Backed by European leaders, Mr Mitchell is urging Mr Abbas to give talks a chance.
Mr Abbas is a decent man whom the Americans, and the Israelis, can work with.
At a recent conference in Qatar, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine's president, tried to stop the charade.
BJP's spokesman, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, stalwartly predicts a clear-cut victory for his party in all four.
It was not immediately clear if Monday's announcement would prompt Abbas to resume talks.
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Mr Abbas said the endeavour was: "aimed at trying to breathe new life into the negotiations".
Last weekend, he spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
But the world will also watch closely how Mr Abbas treats the rival streams in Fatah.
Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority, has been loth to make this pronouncement.
He also called on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas "to come back to the negotiating table".
President Bush is scheduled to meet Abbas on April 24 at the White House.
Israel has shown some small signs of willingness to make Mr Abbas's job easier.
Mr Abbas made Mr Dahlan, Hamas's nemesis, secretary of a new national security council.
This includes Ahmed Korei (Abu Ala), Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Mr Dahlan himself.
Gen Abbas said the move would have "no significant effect" on Pakistan's anti-terror efforts.
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