One of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s sons told the US envoy for Middle East peace that, unlike his father, he does not support a two-state solution, Channel 10 news reports.
Tarek Abbas met Jason Greenblatt on the the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York last year, according to the report, and said as he does not believe a two-solution is still possible, he favors one-state with equal rights for all citizens.
“I support a one-state solution between the Jordan [river] and the Mediterannean Sea, with equal rights for all its citizens,” the report quotes him saying.
According to Channel 10, Greenblatt wanted to meet with Tarek Abbas in order to reach out to one of the closest people to the PA leader and enlist him to help advance the Trump administration’s peace efforts.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, flanked by his two sons Yasser (L) and Tarek (R), gives a short statement before leaving a hospital near Ramallah in the West Bank on May 28, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI)
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