DW
Mahmoud Abbas held talks with Israel’s Benny Gantz at the latter’s residence, according to a Palestinian official. Israel said the two discussed “security and civil matters.”
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Tuesday during a rare trip to Israel.
It was the latest in a series of meetings between top Israeli officials and the Palestinian leader.
In late August, the defense minister visited the Palestinian Authority’s headquarters in the West Bank for talks with Abbas — the first official meeting at such a level in several years.
According to a senior Palestinian official, Tuesday’s meeting marked the first time Abbas met with an Israeli official in Israel since 2010.
The late-night talks took place at Gantz’s home in central Israel, a senior Palestinian official said…
