Report: Ra'am chairman met Jordan's King Abdullah II

Published date29 April 2022
According to the report, the conversation between the two took place on the sidelines of an Iftar meal of the conclusion of the Ramadan fast at the King's Palace

A senior Israeli official noted that Abbas had informed Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in advance that he was invited to the Iftar dinner at the King's Palace. The Prime Minister did not object to the meeting but also did not convey any message to the king through Abbas, according to Ravid.

Abbas updated Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on the details of his visit to Jordan during a meeting the two on Wednesday. Lapid's office refused to comment on the matter.

In a conversation with Walla! Abbas refused to confirm that he had met with the Jordanian King in private but also did not deny it. He noted that during the Iftar meal the King spoke at length about the situation in Jerusalem and stressed to the participants the need to calm the situation and avoid renewed escalation.

Abbas noted that one of the problematic issues is that each side sees the meaning of the status quo in the holy places in Jerusalem differently. Therefore, he said, the parties need to sit down together and talk about it more deeply so that each side understands what the other side means.

"King Abdullah does not want an escalation and he is looking for solutions that will allow the calm to continue, the mosque to be given the respect it deserves and to maintain Jordanian sponsorship there. We need to see what can be done so that what happened this year does not happen again next year," Abbas said.

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