Tonight, Lapid met with Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh
Al Sheikh wrote on his Twitter account that he was discussing with the foreign minister "some policy and bilateral issues".
He said he stressed the need to create a political horizon.
The meeting between the two is the second in the last month between a senior Israeli and a Palestinian.
It was preceded by a Gantz meeting with Abu Mazen at the end of December
Lightning Ravid
23/01/2022
Sunday, 23 January 2022, 21:41 Updated: 22:23
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Foreign Minister Yair Lapid in the summary of the budget discussions, November 3, 2021 (Photo: TPS, Shalom Shalom)
Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh wrote tonight (Sunday) on his Twitter account: "I met tonight with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and discussed with him some political and bilateral issues. I stressed the need to create a political horizon."
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This is the second meeting of a senior Israeli official with a Palestinian representative in the past month.
At the end of December, Defense Minister Bnei Gantz hosted Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas at his home in Rosh HaAyin. The meeting took place with the approval of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. The economic crisis in which the PA finds itself and the difficulties of governance in the cities. GSS chief Ronen Bar said a few weeks ago at a cabinet meeting that Israel must work to strengthen the Palestinian Authority for fear of collapsing.
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