Live Update
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, September 2, 2018
Abbas says he agrees with Shin Bet chief 99% of the time
PA President Mahmoud Abbas tells Israeli lawmakers and peace activists that he regularly meets with Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman, and that he agrees with Israeli security forces 99 percent of the time, according to reports in Hebrew-language media.
At a meeting in Ramallah, Abbas says that he supports Israel’s security and that Netanyahu has rejected multiple offers to meet the Palestinian leader that were initiated by foreign countries.
Abbas also says that the Trump administration’s Middle East team offered him a political plan for a Palestinian-Jordanian confederation.