Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas mourned Pope Francis, calling him a loyal ally of Palestine. Abbas praised the Pope’s ...

DANA STROUL is Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as U.S. Deputy Assistant ...

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