An unnamed senior official in the office of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is quoted by the Israel Hayom daily as saying Ramallah will demand that Joe Biden immediately return the US Embassy to Tel Aviv and cancel Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Biden has previously said that while taking a more evenhanded approach to the Middle East conflict than his predecessor, he will not reverse those moves.
The official says Abbas has sent Biden messages that the PA would be willing to resume US-brokered peace negotiations with Israel, but only from the point where they were halted in 2016 under Barack Obama.
Abbas adviser Nabil Shaath says the PA will also demand that the US reopen the Palestinian diplomatic mission in Washington, which Trump closed, and renew American aid to the Palestinians and the UN agency for Palestinian refugees and their descendants, UNRWA.
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