Pledge follows US moves to close the PLO mission in Washington. Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has been working on bringing Israel and Palestine to the negotiating table.
Abbas' visit comes when Saudi regime purged several princes and top ministers in sweeping anti-corruption probe, and Lebanese prime minister's resignation annoucement from Riyadh.
Heads turned as an actor dressed as Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a Banksy plaque in Palestine to apologise for the 1917 Balfour Declaration.
Handing over the crossings aims to ease an Israeli-Egyptian blockade that was imposed on Gaza to isolate Hamas.
The State Department said the US would withdraw from UNESCO on 31 December 2018 and seek to establish an observer mission instead.
Nearly a third of Palestinian attacks on Israel are not motivated by any ideology.
Palestinian president said: 'I can't understand how they are conducting themselves with us'.
Fatah accused Israelis of a "fierce and organised attack" against Palestinian worshippers.
The two-hour experience includes a simulation of a suicide bombing attack and a knife assault.
Israeli authorities confiscated 96 solar panels from Jubbet Adh-Dhib for lacking "proper permits".
This year is the centenary of the Balfour Declaration.
Dahlan and Hamas, with support of Egypt, allegedly conspiring to outmanoeuvre President Mahmoud Abbas.
South African political activists and volunteers have been refused entry to Israel and held in detention.
No work, no water, and now no light: The oppression of Gazan people is the bloodline of Hamas.
The deadly knife attack took place outside the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday evening.
Hamas has threatened retaliation for the power cuts which aim to undermine its control in the Palestinian enclave.
Human rights organisation said the UK government should stop importing dates and oranges.
Police say rioters burned police vehicles and hurled rocks while masked men attacked the local police station.
The 15-year-old is the third teenager to have been shot by Israeli forces in recent weeks.
There is a paradoxical racism in his view that terrorists are only responsive to Western intervention.
Hamas interior ministry had warned against publishing any footage or photos of the execution in Gaza.
The typo quickly spread on social media.