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From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Blinken meeting Abbas after call to reform PA
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in the West Bank on January 10, 2024. (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POOL / AFP)
After meeting with Israeli leaders in Tel Aviv yesterday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Ramallah for a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Standing in front of a photograph of Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock and a Palestinian flag, the two men shake hands as they are flanked by aides.
At a press conference in Tel Aviv last night, Blinken said that the Palestinian Authority “has a responsibility to reform itself, to improve its governance.” He pledged to raise that issue with Abbas.
The US wants to see a “revamped and revitalized” Palestinian Authority eventually take over the Gaza Strip.
