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U.S., Palestinian officials engage publicly for 1st time in 3 years
February 1, 2021
Last week, the Biden administration announced it was restoring relations with Palestine after the Trump administration slashed financial assistance for Palestinians, effectively shut down their diplomatic mission to the United States, and recognized Jerusalem as Israel s capital. And on Monday, officials from both sides publicly engaged for the first time in three years when the Palestinian Authority s Minister for Civilian Affairs Hussein al-Sheikh spoke over the phone with Hady Amr, the Biden administration s assistant secretary of state for Israel-Palestine.
It sounds like the call mostly covered the basics involved with re-establishing the relationship, but it appears to have been well-received.
US House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff on Friday called on the new Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines to declassify a report regarding Saudi Arabias alleged culpability for journalist Jamal Khashoggis killing.The columnist for the Washington Post went missing in 2018 a ..