Abbas

/ ˈæbəs /

noun

1. AbbasFerhat18991985MAlgerianPOLITICS: nationalist leaderPOLITICS: head of state Ferhat. 1899–1985, Algerian nationalist leader: joined the National Liberation Front (1956); president of the provisional government of the Algerian republic (1958–61)

Example Sentences

He is known to have good relations with Lebanon’s various political parties, and during the U.S. presidential campaign, he helped deliver a letter to Trump from Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of the Palestinian Authority.

From Los Angeles Times

One can imagine Trump receiving phone calls from kowtowing leaders the world over—Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, the Palestinian Authority’s Mahmoud Abbas, the chief of NATO, the European heads of state—all the while wondering about the man whom he’s admired publicly and privately for the past eight years: When is Vladimir going to call?

From Slate

On election night, at a political watch party, Abbas Alawieh, a Palestinian-American from Dearborn, Michigan, felt zero surprise as he saw Donald Trump outperform his 2020 numbers in county after county, pulling off a nightlong march to victory.

From Slate

Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority, reached out to Trump soon after the election, saying he hoped the two could achieve peace in the region.

From Slate

Abbas sent his message, along with congratulations, through Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law, a prominent Lebanese American businessman who had campaigned for the president.

From Slate