Report: Kerry Urged Abbas to ‘Hang On and Not Give In to Trump’

8 Shevat 5778 – January 24, 2018

Former US Secretary of State John Kerry recently met in London with Hussein Agha, a close associate of Mahmoud Abbas, for a lengthy conversation, which Agha shared with senior PA officials in Ramallah, Ma’ariv reported on Wednesday. According to the report, Kerry asked Agha to tell Abbas to “hold on and be strong.”

“Tell him,” Kerry said, “that he should stay strong in spirit and play for time, that he should not break down and not capitulate to President Trump’s demands.”

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