JERUSALEM POST
PA: We hope Saudi Arabia won’t join normalization with Israel
by Khaled Abu Toameh
November 23, 2020
Palestinian officials in Ramallah said on Monday they were not surprised to hear of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s secret visit to Saudi Arabia, where he met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, but expressed hope that Riyadh would not establish relations with Israel. Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, meanwhile, strongly condemned the visit, dubbing it a dangerous precedent. Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh…warned that “attempts to portray normalization between Israel and the Arab countries as a substitute for peace with the Palestinians is an escape from the truth.” READ MORE
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