Published: 14 June 2022
Last updated: 5 March 2024
Ahead of President Biden’s expected visit to Israel, Mahmoud Abbas is angry at new administration’s failure to roll back Trump policies.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas hosted Saturday a US delegation led by Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf, issuing a fresh call for Washington to uphold its promises to restore ties ahead of an expected visit by President Joe Biden next month.
The meeting came less than two weeks after a phone call Abbas held with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during which the PA president warned that he was on the verge of downgrading ties with Israel over the latter’s “violations in international law in East Jerusalem and the West Bank,” a Palestinian official told The Times of Israel on Saturday.
Abbas has become increasingly angry with the US administration in recent months over the perceived failure to roll back measures imposed by the Trump administration.
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Top US official meets fuming Abbas in Ramallah ahead of expected Biden visit (Times of Israel)
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Photo: US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah State Department/Twitter)
