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Sullivan to travel to West Bank tomorrow, meet with PA’s Abbas — officials tell ToI
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will travel to the West Bank tomorrow and meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, a US and a PA official tell The Times of Israel.
A White House National Security Council spokesperson tells The Times of Israel that Sullivan “will discuss ongoing efforts to promote stability in the West Bank, including through efforts to confront terrorism, support for the PA Security Forces through the US Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority, ongoing efforts to revamp and revitalize the PA and initiatives to hold extremist settlers accountable for violence against Palestinians.”
The Biden administration has intensified its engagement with Ramallah since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza both to discuss efforts to prevent the conflict from spreading to the West Bank as well as day-after planning.
Washington envisions a “revitalized” PA eventually returning to govern Gaza in what would reunite the Strip and the West Bank under a singular political entity that could pave a path toward a two-state solution with Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come out fiercely against the framework, saying he will not allow the PA to return to Gaza.
The Times of Israel Community.