The Media Line has learned from a top Palestinian Authority official that the reason behind the unscheduled visit by Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi to Ramallah on Tuesday was to persuade PA President Mahmoud Abbas to delay a decision to withdraw recognition of Israel and sever ties with the Jewish state.
The source told TML that Safadi asked Abbas and Palestinian officials he met with to hold off on any announcement until US President Joe Biden’s expected visit at the end of June.
The Palestinian source described the PA’s threat to sever ties with Israel as “extremely serious” this time.
“The leadership took a decision to go ahead with previous decisions after what happened in Jerusalem, and the continued settler aggression on our people,” the Palestinian source, who declined to be identified, said.
The PA is furious with the US administration over what it calls a “lack of seriousness” in its approach to the Palestinian issue.
“Biden made several promises and he has yet to deliver on any,” he said. “There has to be a political resolution. We want something tangible. The US can’t even protect the two-state solution it believes in,” he concluded.