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Jihan Abdalla

Jihan Abdalla

Senior US Correspondent
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Jihan is a Washington-based correspondent and multimedia journalist who has extensively reported from Israel/Palestine, the United Nations headquarters and Mexico City. Before joining The National, she worked for Al Jazeera, Reuters and the Associated Press among others. Jihan is fluent in English, Arabic, French and Spanish.
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Shimon Peres, the Israeli foreign minister at the time, signs the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993, at the White House. AFP
Oslo Accords failed in design and implementation, experts say

Former negotiators weigh in on why the Oslo peace process for Israel and Palestine failed

USOctober 02, 2023
Martin Indyk is a former US special envoy for Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. The National
US key to concessions to Palestinians in Israel-Saudi normalisation deal

President Joe Biden has considerable leverage over the Israeli Prime Minister, a former US envoy to the Palestinian-Israeli talks says

USSeptember 29, 2023
It is alleged President Joe Biden pressured Ukraine to fire a prosecutor who was investigating Burisma, a company for which his son Hunter was a board member. AP Photo
Republicans hold first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing

President faces allegations of benefiting from his son's overseas business dealings

USSeptember 28, 2023
Passengers check in at Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. AFP
Arab Americans 'apprehensive' after Israelis given visa waivers

From November 30, Israeli citizens will be able to stay in the US for up to 90 days without a visa

USSeptember 27, 2023
President Joe Biden joins striking United Auto Workers on the picket line in Michigan. AP
Joe Biden joins UAW picket line in act of strike solidarity

Workers in Wayne County, Michigan, have been on strike for 12 days as they demand higher wages and shorter work weeks

USSeptember 26, 2023
Dr Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Cop28 President-designate, co-led the first loss and damages ministerial along with Cop27 president Sameh Shoukry. Photo: Cop28 UAE
Dr Al Jaber urges world to come together on 'loss and damages' climate fund

'We need to stay very focused on ensuring that we operationalise this fund as soon as possible,' Cop28 President-designate says

USSeptember 22, 2023
US President Joe Biden met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office on Thursday. AP
Biden hosts Zelenskyy at White House as he calls for more funds

Ukrainian President says 'air defence' is a top priority for Kyiv after a series of Russian strikes across war-torn country

USSeptember 21, 2023
Dr Sultan Al Jaber delivers his closing remarks during the Climate Ambition Summit in New York. Photo: Cop28 UAE
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World is 'running short on time' to stop climate change, says Dr Al Jaber

UAE's Cop28 President-designate urges the international community to act with 'solidarity' and view funding as an investment rather than cost

USSeptember 20, 2023
Climate activists rally in front of the White House to demand the declaration of a climate emergency and a move away from fossil fuels. AP
Biden launches 'Climate Corps' green jobs training programme for young Americans

American Climate Corps will aim to train more than 20,000 people in its first year, White House says

USSeptember 20, 2023
King Abdullah II of Jordan addresses the UN General Assembly in New York. Bloomberg
Unga 2023Jordan's King Abdullah says his country can't host more refugees

Monarch says severe shortfalls in international aid have caused agencies to cut vital support to refugees

MENASeptember 19, 2023
Siamak Namazi, who was released in a prisoner swap deal between the US and Iran, arrives at Doha International Airport, Qatar. Reuters
Freed US citizen describes 'interminable anguish' in Iran jail

Siamak Namazi spent nearly eight years in Tehran's Evin prison on espionage charges

USSeptember 18, 2023
A mural in Washington shows Iranian-American citizen Siamak Namazi, left, who has held in Iran since 2015. AP
White House official says prisoner swap deal with Iran is 'not ransom'

Senior White House official says $6 billion in unfrozen Iranian funds will be subject to stringent oversight

USSeptember 13, 2023
Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during Wednesday's signing ceremony. AP
US and Bahrain sign new 'milestone' security agreement

Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa is visiting Washington this week and will meet senior US officials

USSeptember 13, 2023
PLO political director Mahmoud Abbas (2nd R) signs the historic Israel-PLO Oslo Accords on Palestinian autonomy in the occupied territories on September 13, 1993 in a ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C. as (from L to R) Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, unidentified aide, US President Bill Clinton and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat look on. (Photo by J. DAVID AKE / AFP)
Thirty years after the Oslo Accords, a Palestinian state seems more remote than ever

Former American and Palestinian diplomats speak to The National about the landmark deal and how it has failed

USSeptember 12, 2023
US President Joe Biden in Hanoi, Vietnam, shortly after arriving on Sunday. Reuters
Biden says visit to Vietnam was not about containing China

US President is on a 24-hour trip to further boost ties with former foe

USSeptember 10, 2023
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