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Abbas says Israel holding up resumption of security cooperation
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePalestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas tells visiting Israeli lawmakers in Ramallah that Israel is preventing the resumption of security cooperation with his government.
“After the Al-Aqsa attack, we stopped cooperation with the Israeli security establishment,” Abbas tells the visiting delegation of lawmakers headed by Meretz chairwoman Zehava Galon according to Channel 10. “We recently contacted them to try to resume some kind of cooperation, but they did not respond, which is preventing progress in our relations.”
Abbas says Ramallah has informed the US of the situation.
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