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Lauder meets Abbas, King Abdullah in Jordan

The meetings in Amman follow a visit to Cairo where Ronald S. Lauder of the World Jewish Congress met with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi.

Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, at the Jerusalem Chairman's Conference on Sept. 22, 2013. Photo by Flash90.
Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, at the Jerusalem Chairman’s Conference on Sept. 22, 2013. Photo by Flash90.

World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder met in Jordan on Sunday with the Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas and Jordanian King Abdullah to advance efforts in reaching a solution to the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The meeting in the Jordanian capital came as Israel remains adamant that the P.A. not take over post-war Gaza from Hamas, and as the Arab world is mulling an alternative to U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to relocate Palestinians from the war-torn territory.

Lauder also met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo after last week’s Munich Security Conference.

The meeting with Abbas was originally reported by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, which highlighted both the Palestinian leader’s opposition to Trump’s Gaza plan and Lauder’s support for a two-state solution.

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