Hanan Ashrawi
“Iran continues to spread death, destruction and instability as it seeks to advance Shi’ite hegemony and export terror around the world,” said Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan during a debate on the Middle East.
Senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi resigns
“The Palestinian political system needs renewal and reinvigoration with the inclusion of youth, women and additional qualified professionals,” says Ashrawi.
Publications put out by the group Miftah use highly politicized language, accusing Israel of “massacres,” “apartheid,” “summary executions” of Palestinian youth and “Judaizing” Jerusalem, according to NGO Monitor.
“The two parties discussed the Trump administration’s ... destructive policies that undermine the prospects of peace and the Palestinian people’s inalienable rights to freedom,” in addition to the rejection of a U.S. visa for Ashrawi, according to a statement by the PLO.
She took to Twitter to blast Trump administration peace envoy Jason Greenblatt, saying “this self-appointed advocate/apologist for Israel claims not only to know what’s good for the Palestinians, but also claims that he knows them better than they know themselves.”