Ramallah: important meeting between Israeli Benny Gantz and Palestinian Mahmoud Abbas
Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
This is the first Israeli-Palestinian meeting at this level in a decade.
ABIR SULTAN POOL / AFP
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Important Israeli-Palestinian meeting in Ramallah.
It had been a long time since that had happened.
And it takes place just hours after Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett returned from Washington where he met with President Joe Biden.
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With our correspondent in Jerusalem,
Michel Paul
This is the first Israeli-Palestinian meeting at this level in a decade. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz traveled to Ramallah for a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Improve security
Two and a half hours of discussions between the two delegations followed by a one-on-one of 40 minutes.
Ways of improving security and the economic situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip were discussed, according to a statement released by the Israeli side.
Strengthening the Palestinian Authority
Several reductions will be implemented.
And the two sides agreed to continue the dialogue.
This meeting comes at a time when we are witnessing an escalation at the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip with almost daily clashes.
Israel obviously wants to strengthen the Palestinian Authority against the Islamists in power in Gaza.
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