US secretary of state met Palestinian Authority leader, Mahmoud Abbas, on visit to occupied territory dismissed as ‘theatre’ by residents
Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, restated Washington’s commitment to the creation of a Palestinian state during a brief trip to the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, a visit dismissed by many residents as “theatre”.
Blinken told Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president and head of the Palestinian Authority (PA) that the US position was that a Palestinian state must stand alongside Israel, “with both living in peace and security”, a spokesperson said.
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