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PA backs Egyptian decision to allow transfer of piling-up Gaza aid through Israel
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, greets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, during a conference at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
The Palestinian Authority gives its public backing to Egypt’s decision to allow humanitarian aid piling up on its side of the shuttered Rafah Crossing to be transferred to Gaza via Israel’s Kerem Shalom Crossing.
Egypt appears to have requested a statement of support from PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s office to present its decision to release the aid via Israel as being taken in full coordination with Ramallah.
