Mahmoud Abbas: Pressing the Flesh for Peace

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Abbas meets with, clockwise from top left, Pope Benedict XVI in the West Bank in May 2009, French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Egypt in March 2009, Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet in Hanoi in May 2010 and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow in April 2009. Frustrated with the lack of progress over negotiations with Israel, Abbas often travels abroad to enlist new support for his cause.

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