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Mahmoud Abbas

Arcs in the news about Mahmoud Abbas from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Person · 24 stories · 139 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 11, 2023

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The Israel-Hamas war: US backing for Israel and the pressure over its conduct

14 of 182 stories this year · 2 about Mahmoud Abbas · gone quiet

State Department notifies Congress of planned $8 billion arms sale to Israel · 18 articles, Jan 4Netanyahu accepts Trump’s invite, will meet at White House next week · 22 articles, Jan 28State Department lays out plans for $7 billion-plus arms sale to Israel as Netanyahu visits DC · 14 articles, Feb 7Netanyahu and Trump to talk tariffs, Iran and Gaza · 59 articles, Apr 5UK, France, Canada threaten sanctions if Israel continues new offensive into Gaza. Here’s what we know · 13 articles, May 19UK halts Israel trade talks, summons ambassador over Gaza – DW · 11 articles, May 20UK, Canada and Western allies sanction two far-right Israeli government ministers · 9 articles, Jun 10UK, France and 23 other countries say the war in Gaza ‘must end now’ · 11 articles, Jul 21Germany suspends arms exports to Israel for use in Gaza · 15 articles, Aug 8Israel’s Netanyahu has ‘lost the plot,’ New Zealand leader Luxon says · 9 articles, Aug 13Rubio affirms U.S. support for Israel's vision of military victory in Gaza · 60 articles, Sep 12At U.N., amid jeers and cheers, Netanyahu says Israel 'must finish the job' in Gaza · 15 articles, Sep 26Israel's Netanyahu to address United Nations General Assembly as pressure mounts over Gaza war · 13 articles, Sep 26Delegates at UN walk out ahead of Netanyahu’s speech · 8 articles, Sep 26

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Oct 2, 20232103
Oct 9, 2023610039
Oct 16, 2023406523551
Oct 30, 202316308159
Nov 6, 2023411635
Jan 1, 20241102
Jan 8, 202415234109
Feb 26, 202446528
Mar 11, 202434013
Mar 25, 20242118
Sep 22, 20253238
Nov 3, 20252105
Apr 20, 20262408
Jul 6, 20261001
Sep 14, 202625212
Sep 21, 2026172918140

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else1 story in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Mahmoud Abbas that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Nov 6Pope Leo meets Palestinian President Abbas, discuss urgent need for Gaza aid, two-state solution5 articles · 5 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 0 right
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