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Dec. 22, 2020
The policy shift that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made last month when he decided to renew security cooperation with Israel and to return the Palestinian ambassadors to Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates is part of what the Palestinian Authority is doing in advance of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next month.
It’s not that Abbas in pinning much hope on the success of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, if and when they resume, and it’s still unclear whether the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be a top priority for Biden. But it behooves the Palestinians to lay the groundwork for such a possibility. It’s no less important for the Arab countries, particularly those that have recently normalized relations with Israel, to present the Palestinian problem as an issue up for discussion so they don’t go down in history has having abandoned the Palestinians.
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Samy Magdy December 19, 2020 - 12:28 PM
CAIRO - The Palestinian foreign minister on Saturday urged Israel to return to talks based on a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, ahead of the transition to a new U.S. administration.
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki s comments came in a joint statement with Egyptâs Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry and Jordanâs Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi.
In a news conference after their meeting, al-Malki said that the Palestinian Authority is ready to co-operate with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, on the basis of achieving a Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital on territory Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war.
Palestinian foreign minister urges Israel to return to talks
by Samy Magdy, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 19, 2020 11:27 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 19, 2020 at 11:42 am EDT
CAIRO The Palestinian foreign minister on Saturday urged Israel to return to talks based on a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, ahead of the transition to a new U.S. administration.
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki was speaking at a joint news conference in Cairo with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry and Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, who both joined him in his call for a return to talks.
Al-Malki said that the Palestinian Authority is ready to co-operate with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, on the basis of achieving a Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital on territory Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war.
Palestinian Authority urges Israel to return to talks focused on 2-state solution
The Palestinian Authority s foreign minister on Saturday urged Israel to return to talks based on a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, ahead of the transition to a new U.S. administration under Joe Biden.
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Posted: Dec 19, 2020 5:21 PM ET | Last Updated: December 24, 2020
Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki is seen in Berlin on Nov. 17. The diplomat on Saturday urged Israel to return to talks based on a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, ahead of the transition to a new U.S. administration. (Hannibal Hanschke/AFP via Getty Images)