President Abbas said that after 11 days of Israeli military action his people are gravely suffering and he urged council members to call for an immediate end to the violence.

阿巴斯说，经过11天的以色列军事行动，巴勒斯坦人民蒙受了极大痛苦，他敦促安理会成员呼吁立即停止暴力行动。

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(RECORDING) Erekat said President Abbas will tell Mitchell that if the United States does not succeed in convincing Israel to stop the settlement expansion, it will - in Erekat's words mean that no one in the Arab world will believe that Mr.Obama can ultimately convince Israel to end its occupation of the West Bank.

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The secretary said she and President Obama were "encouraged" by the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhayu and President Mahmoud Abbas.

VOA: special.2010.08.21

Officials within the Fatah faction of President Abbas,said last week he was close to resigning as his popularity plummeted.

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The Israeli prime minister has said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas must choose between peace with Israel and peace with Hamas.

BBC: Palestinian hope and caution over Hamas-Fatah deal

Jordan's ministry of religious affairs said the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has called on Muslims to visit the mosque as a way of establishing a Palestinian presence in the city.

BBC: Egypt's grand mufti visits Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque

On the Palestinian issue specifically, Secretary Rice said she supported President Mahmoud Abbas' decision to go ahead with this vote to allow Hamas to run even though U.S. officials were clearly uncomfortable about it.

NPR: Rice: No Aid for Hamas-Led Government