Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on March 27. Photo by Yves Herman/Reuters A White House official denied a Palestinian media report that the Trump administration postponed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ upcoming visit to Washington.
[This story originally appeared on jewishinsider.com]
The claim, reported Thursday by the Ramallah-based publication Raya Al-Alamiya, cited unnamed Arab diplomatic sources and offered no explanation for the alleged delay.
A White House official, who requested anonymity, told Jewish Insider that the report was “not true.”
In March, Trump phoned Abbas where he informed the Palestinian leader his “personal belief that peace is possible and that the time has come to make a deal,” according to an official White House statement. During the call, Trump also invited Abbas to an official White House visit “in the near future.” The meeting was reportedly expected to take place in mid-April.
The President left the White House on Thursday to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida for Easter weekend.
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