Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has voiced interest in an offer by the US administration to create a Palestinian-Jordanian confederation.
During a meeting with an Israeli delegation that visited Ramallah on Sunday Abbas said that senior US administration officials Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt asked him recently about his opinion of a “confederation with Jordan”.
“I said yes to the offer but I want a three-way confederation with Jordan and Israel” Abbas said.
Abbas said that he hardly ever communicates with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but pointed out “I meet with the head of Israel’s Intelligence Service every month and I ordered the PA security services to hold daily meetings with the Israeli army to enhance security coordination.”
The PA president also revealed about the meetings he attend with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) despite the declared halt of relations between the US administration and the PA.
Abbas during his meeting with the Israeli delegation reiterated his commitment to the two-state solution and a peace agreement within the 1967 borders that includes a territorial exchange.
Since US president Donald Trump took office he has made a number of major decisions that are aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause the first of which were recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and suspending funds to UNRWA.
