On Saturday, Palestinian leaders led by President Mahmoud Abbas declared they would not return to negotiations until Israel imposed a freeze on settlement construction.

星期六，以阿巴斯为首的巴勒斯坦领导人宣布，他们在以色列冻结定居点建设前不会重返谈判。

youdao

It followed a bigger blunder: Israel's failure after Yasser Arafat's death to work seriously with his moderate successor, Mahmoud Abbas.

以色列犯了一个更大的错：在阿拉法特死后，他没有和其温和的继任者阿巴斯认真地合作。

youdao

For now Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader, has postponed a decision over whether to continue.

目前，巴勒斯坦领导人马哈茂德·阿巴斯暂时不对是否继续解决定居问题作出决定。

youdao

He repeated that condemnation in the presence of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a visit to the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

Nabil Abu Rudeineh,a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, told VOA the action threatens to kill the peace process.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

Mitchell's schedule on Monday included shuttling to the West Bank town of Ramallah for a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

The Palestinians may have re-offended during the recent intifada but, according to Mahmoud Abbas, their new president, they are back on the straight and narrow.

ECONOMIST: Can Hamas and Hizbullah be domesticated via the ballot box?

Some voices inside Israel's government also favour that policy formulation rather than Mr Netanyahu's ultimatum to Mahmoud Abbas, the Fatah leader who presides over the Palestinian Authority that runs the West Bank, that he must choose between Hamas and Israel.

ECONOMIST: Israel and Palestinian unity

It is easy to imagine Mahmoud Abbas, Arafat's deputy of forty years acting in a similar fashion.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: We are not for sale