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Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Palestinians say US-backed Mideast summit is ‘futile’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA senior Palestinian official says the Palestinians have not been invited to next week’s Mideast conference in Poland and have no desire to participate unless the US changes its policies.
Nabil Abu Rdeneh, spokesman for PA President Mahmoud Abbas, says that current American policies will “only lead to futile results.”
The US and Poland are sponsoring the Feb. 13-14 conference, which they say is aimed at promoting peace and security in the region. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans on attending.
The Palestinians accuse the Trump administration of being unfairly biased in favor of Israel. They say they will reject a planned US peace initiative unless it endorses an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
— AP
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