Abbas hopes new Israeli government will restart peace talks — SkimNews
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- Mahmoud Abbas said on October 29, 2026, that he hoped a new Israeli government would allow the resumption of peace talks, emphasizing years of outreach for mutual security and stability.
- Mahmoud Abbas met with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides in Nicosia, where he reiterated Palestine's willingness to engage in dialogue immediately after Israel forms a new government.
- Israel's election on October 27, 2026, yielded no clear majority, with nearly all ballots counted and neither Netanyahu’s bloc nor the opposition led by Gadi Eisenkot able to secure parliamentary control.
- Benjamin Netanyahu's government oversaw a surge in West Bank settlement construction and violence against Palestinians, with hard-right ministers advocating annexation and Palestinian displacement.
- The Israeli-Palestinian peace process has remained stalled for years, despite increasing international recognition of the State of Palestine by more countries.
Why it matters: With Israel facing prolonged coalition negotiations and Abbas pushing for talks, the window for diplomatic progress hinges on a political shift in Israel. The longer Netanyahu or a hard-right alliance holds power, the more settlement expansion and annexation rhetoric entrenches a two-state solution’s collapse, directly undermining Abbas’s stated goal of coexistence.
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