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From the Liveblog of
Monday, December 3, 2018
From the Liveblog of
Monday, December 3, 2018
Abbas meets Pope Francis to discuss US pressure on Palestinians
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePalestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets Pope Francis in the Vatican on Monday and updates him on “the ramifications of the American administration’s decisions regarding the Palestinian issue,” the official PA news site Wafa reports.
In the past year, US President Donald Trump’s administration has infuriated Palestinians by moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, cutting hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the Palestinians, and closing the PLO representative office in Washington.
Later on Monday, Abbas is slated to meet Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
— Adam Rasgon
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