Defense Minister Benny Gantz met on Tuesday evening with Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas, whom he hosted at his home in Rosh HaAyin, Arutz Sheva reports.
The meeting was also attended on the Israeli side by the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Maj. Gen. Ghasan Alyan. On the Palestinian Arab side, it was attended by PA “civil affairs minister” Hussein al-Sheikh and the head of the Palestinian security services, Majed Faraj.
The meeting was fully coordinated with the Prime Minister’s Office and with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett himself and dealt with security and economic matters, according to officials in Gantz’s office. It lasted about two and a half hours.
{Matzav.com Israel}
