American Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met today (Tuesday) with Palestinian Authority Chairman Abu Mazen. This, in the background of the PA's announcement of the cancellation of security coordination with Israel.
Meanwhile, the intelligence chiefs of Egypt and Jordan met with Abu Mazen today before the meeting with Blinken online. Al-Saudi Arabia reported that Egypt is promoting an initiative to curb the escalation in the territories and a delegation from Cairo will arrive in Israel and convey the Palestinian demands.
Abu Mazen (Photo: Reuters)
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Last week, the Palestinian Authority announced the freeze on security coordination with Israel.
This, following the operation in Jenin, in which ten Palestinians were killed by IDF fire. Abu Mazen's spokesman added that the PA would contact the UN Security Council.
"President Abbas calls for an emergency meeting of all factions to agree on a common vision to deal with aggression."
A senior Israeli official said that the security establishment believes that the Palestinian announcement on the suspension of security coordination with Israel is purely declarative and tactical.
A source said, "The main losers from the declaration of the end of security coordination are the Palestinians. They are not really fighting Hamas, their enemy. The one who is doing the work against terrorism is Israel. The actions on the ground will speak, not the threats."
A Western diplomat said to Walla!
that the UN envoy Tor Vansand warned the senior officials of the Palestinian Authority against the suspension of security coordination and emphasized that such a move would have extremely negative consequences. The Western diplomat added that the UN envoy then spoke with senior officials in the Israeli security establishment, conveyed to them the messages from the Palestinians and asked them to take steps to calm the situation in the West Bank.
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