Netanyahu in Washington for ceasefire talks; Iran condemns Trump plan to relocate Palestinians – Middle East crisis live
Israeli PM expected to begin discussions on second phase of ceasefire; Iran warns against ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Palestinian people
The office of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has said the ongoing Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank amounts to “ethnic cleansing” and urged the US to intervene.
In a statement, spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh said the presidency “condemned the occupation authorities’ expansion of their comprehensive war on our Palestinian people in the West Bank to implement their plans aimed at displacing citizens and ethnic cleansing”.
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