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We asked Israel to resume security cooperation, says Abbas

August 21, 2017 at 12:56 pm

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a Revolutionary Council Meeting of Fatah Movement in Ramallah, West Bank on 25 May 2017 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency]

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has insisted that he asked Israel to resume security cooperation, but Israel preferred not to reply, Safa reported on Sunday. The claim was revealed originally by Haaretz.

Speaking during a meeting with a delegation from Israel’s left-wing Meretz Party in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Abbas said that security cooperation is currently carried out through US mediators. He pointed out that he had issued clear directions to the PA security services to prevent any attack planned to be carried out in occupied Jerusalem, fearing that the situation there might flare up.

The PA leader recognised that Israel had never been affected by any political stagnation in relation to security cooperation. The authority’s relationship with the Israeli security agencies is better than its relationship with the Israeli government, he added.

In the wake of the violence around Al-Aqsa Mosque after the Israeli occupation authorities opted to place electronic metal detectors at the gates of the holy site, Abbas announced a freeze on security cooperation with the occupying power.

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Israeli forces intervene by using tear gas against Palestinians as they gather to enter the Al Aqsa Mosque following the removal of Israeli security measures near the entrances to Al Aqsa Mosque Compound in Jerusalem, on July 27, 2017. ( Mostafa Alkharouf – Anadolu Agency )