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Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Palestinian premier: ‘God help us’ if Trump wins reelection
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Palestinian Authority prime minister says it will be disastrous for his people and the world at large if US President Donald Trump wins reelection next month.
Speaking remotely to European lawmakers, Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh says the last four years of the Trump administration have greatly harmed the Palestinians.
“If we are going to live another four years with President Trump, God help us and the whole world,” Shtayyeh says in comments posted on his Facebook page.
Shtayyeh expresses hope that a victory by the Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden would raise prospects for a peace deal.
“If things are going to change in the United States I think this will reflect itself directly on the Palestinian-Israeli relationship,” he says. “And it will reflect itself also on the bilateral Palestinian-American relationship.”
— AP
The Times of Israel Community.