President Mahmud Abbas will temporarily refrain from unilateral action against Israel to give US-brokered peace talks a chance to resume, a Palestinian official said on Thursday.
"Abbas and the Palestinian leadership have decided to give a sufficient chance for (US Secretary of State John)...
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas told Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday he hoped to establish peace talks with Israel later this year while admitting that the chances for progress were slim.
Abbas said during a visit to Moscow he hoped "that later this year, we will see the start of...