Trump in-law Boulos setting up contacts with PA’s Abbas, official confirms

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

Donald Trump, right, signs autographs as Massad Boulos watches during a visit to Dearborn, Michigan on November 1, 2024. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Donald Trump, right, signs autographs as Massad Boulos watches during a visit to Dearborn, Michigan on November 1, 2024. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law Massad Boulos, a key Arab surrogate for the US president-elect, met Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in September, a senior Palestinian official tells The Times of Israel.

The meeting between Abbas and Boulos, a Lebanese-American businessman, was cordial, the Palestinian official says, confirming reporting in The New York Times. Abbas emphasized his willingness to work with Trump in order to reach a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,

Boulos and Bishara Bahbah, who heads Arab Americans for Trump, helped orchestrate a letter Abbas sent to Trump wishing him well after a July assassination attempt.

Trump expressed his gratitude to Abbas by sending the letter back to him with his signature and a brief message.

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