Mahmoud Abbas Set To Meet Trump Within Next Month
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The visit was confirmed to the Jerusalem Post on Sunday by top Palestinian official Ahmad Majdalani. Other Israeli media outlets cited a report in the Jordanian newspaper Al Ghad, which quoted senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad as saying the meeting would go ahead on May 3 and that that a Palestinian delegation will travel to Washington on April 23 for preliminary meetings with the Trump administration.
Trump invited Abbas to the White House when the two leaders spoke for the first time in March. Abbas met last month in Ramallah with U.S. special peace envoy Jason Greenblatt, where he confirmed his commitment to a peaceful solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi, who has been involved in peace initiatives with Israel in the past, said on Saturday that “there are settlers in the White House,” Ynet reported.
“The administration has adopted the extreme Israeli position to the right of (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu and which supports the settlements,” she also reportedly said.
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