Israel’s ambassador to Washington appeared in a public forum with the Palestine Liberation Organization representative to the United States. Daniel Ayalon joined Hasan Abdel Rahman on Capitol Hill on Monday for an Americans for Peace Now forum.
Israel called on the Palestinian Authority to grant amnesty to Palestinians who acted as informants for Israel. On Monday, Israel’s deputy defense minister, Ya’acov Edri, criticized the death sentence imposed by the Palestinian Authority on 15 of its citizens suspected of helping Israeli security forces.
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