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PA's Hussein Al-Sheikh meets AIPAC delegation in Ramallah

PA's Hussein Al-Sheikh meets AIPAC delegation in Ramallah
The PA has been calling for the "opening of a political horizon" for months, as both Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and his predecessor Neftali Bennet declared that political negotiations with the PA were not on their agenda.
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West Bank
14 September, 2022
Hussein Al-Sheikh is considered the second man in the PA after Mahmoud Abbas and his most likely successor. [Getty]

, met on Tuesday with a delegation from the American-Israeli Public Relations Committee - AIPAC in Ramallah.
 
On Tuesday, Al-Sheikh tweeted that he had "discussed [] the [Palestinian] relationship with the US administration as well as the Israeli government and some regional issues, and the necessity of a political horizon based on international legitimacy that results in the two-state solution".

The meeting comes two weeks after the US assistant secretary of state Barbara Leaf met both AL-Sheikh and Palestinian president Abbas in Ramallah.
 
According to Palestinian sources, Leaf discussed with Abbas , the latest incident of which was , near Jenin on Wednesday.
 
In late August, the US envoy to the Middle East, Hadi Amru, also visited Ramallah and held talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh.

, as both Israeli PRime Minister Yair Lapid and his predecessor Neftali Bennet declared that political negotiations with the PA were not on their agenda.
 
Abbas repeated the same plead during his visit to France and meeting with French president Macron in July
 
, US president Joe Biden announced that a two-state solution was "not likely in the near term".

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