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A typo is made in "also". Please change "alsp" to "also". Thank you. The typo is made in the top description of the article, in the context "He has alsp been the fourth chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) since 2004." HwyNerd Mike (talk | contribs) 07:25, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Day Creature (talk) 16:22, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speculation of Jewish ancestry

I came upon this article claiming that he has some Jewish ancestry. Is anyone aware of anything further on this? The source is weak and conjectural, but perhaps there is more to it. I havent found anything further yet. Metallurgist (talk) 02:07, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I too just read that article and was surprised that there's no mention of Abbas' Jewish ancestry. Why do you call the article "weak and conjectural," btw? Is it because it's published by a site you disbelieve? 76.202.192.102 (talk) 19:42, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 28 June 2025

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Description of suggested change: Change the photo included on Mahmoud Abbas' wikipedia page so it doesn't look like he has had a stroke, the old photo was fine and he had the key of the Palestinian right to return, it was just a better photo overall. tldr; change the photo to the previously used one

 Done SI09 (talk) 11:18, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Username3141414141 (talk) 18:11, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Changing the photo used back to the non-stroke one

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Description of suggested change: Again, change the image shown on Mahmoud Abbas' main article to the OFFICAL one used by the State of Palestine, rather than some random frame taken by a random photographer that makes it appear like he has had a stroke, It was resolved by someone already but now someone has decided to change it back to the photo where he has the ribbon of Saint George instead of the Palestinian flag and the Palestinian key of the right to return

 Done LakesideMiners^{Come Talk To Me!} 12:39, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Use of the BBC as a source for the antisemitism accusation

This source is biased and breaks the Wikipedia rules on reliable sources. In the article, the justification for the antisemitism accusation is nonsensical.

’Mr Abbas said Adolf Hitler ordered the mass murder of Jews because of their "social role" as moneylenders, rather than out of animosity to Judaism.

Hitler used the Jewish people as a scapegoat for Germany's ills. He also considered them an inferior race which had to be exterminated.’

Here, Abbas’ statement has been deliberately misinterpreted. He is quoted as saying Judaism (a religion) and not Jews (a tribe-like identity including ethnicity and religion). There’s no contradiction. It’s a historical fact that the fictitious claims of treachery (socialists) and controlling the establishment (Jews) were the central elements to Nazi conspiracy theories and not religion. 2A00:23C8:8991:2701:3156:703A:4453:BD5 (talk) 06:17, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]