US EditionPalestinian president meets Israeli peace activists as Gaza deal announced
The meeting followed a Gaza ceasefire deal involving nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoner releases and aims to foster dialogue despite the Palestinian Authority's exclusion from official talks.
- On Oct. 9, 2025, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas met Israeli peace activists in Ramallah less than 24 hours after the Gaza ceasefire to discuss lasting peace.
- Excluded from formal talks, the Palestinian Authority had been squeezed out as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected PA rule over Gaza.
- About 50 Jewish and Arab peace activists traveled by bus from across the Green Line and presented Abbas with a petition signed by over 10,000 Israelis and an invitation to the People's Peace Summit scheduled for May.
- Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas welcomed the agreement, praised the end of hostilities and release of hostages, and urged implementation of peace, while Hussein al-Sheikh said on Thursday the PA prepared to govern post-war Gaza reconstruction.
- Some activists warned the truce may not hold and feared resumed fighting, with Roy Talmon of Looking at the Occupation in the Eye calling to end Israel's military occupation of the West Bank.
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The ForwardSqueezed out in Gaza, PA’s Abbas embraces Israeli peace activists in Ramallah
RAMALLAH, West Bank — As a teacher at a school in the Galilee in northern Israel, peace activist Shoshana Lavan says students often told her during the war, “Don’t talk to me about peace.”
For the first time in a long time, Palestinian leader Abbas has received Israeli activists. The meeting reveals a deep gap – and could be the beginning of peace.
Palestinian president meets Israeli peace activists, speaks to
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas met with Israeli activists in Ramallah on Thursday to discuss long-term peace after Israel and Hamas agreed a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. “I welcome the agreement signed today, the end of the war, and the release of the hostages,” Abbas told dozens of representatives from Israeli peace
Israel and Hamas signed on Thursday the first phase of an agreement on a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages. A step forward, particularly following pressure from the US President, who is expected to travel to Egypt and Israel in the next few days. - Gaza: Mahmoud Abbas tells an Israeli TV to wish "peace and stability" with Israel (International).
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