Palestinian president, Israeli leaders speak before Biden visit

JERUSALEM, 09 July 2022, (TON): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held rare meetings and calls with Israeli leaders in an effort to calm tensions and coordinate security measures days before US President Joe Biden’s first visit to the region.

Official statements said “Israel’s President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Yair Lapid had separate calls with Abbas, following a meeting between Abbas and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.”

The prime minister’s office said “Lapid and Abbas discussed continued cooperation and the need to ensure quiet and calm, in the first call between the two since Lapid took over as caretaker prime minister in Israel last week ahead of elections on Nov. 1.”

Gantz said “Thursday’s meeting was conducted in positive terms and the two discussed civilian and security challenges in the region.”

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