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Palestinian Officials Face Threats for Normalizing Ties with Israel
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - On Friday, 20 Palestinians, including former ministers, participated in a meeting organized in Tel Aviv by the Israeli Parliament peace group. On Sunday, the PA invited Israeli journalists for a tour of Ramallah, including meetings and interviews with senior Palestinian officials. The PLO's Palestinian Committee for Interaction with Israeli Society, established in 2012 and headed by Mohammed Al-Madani, a member of the Fatah Central Committee, has arranged hundreds of meetings between Israelis and Palestinians. In the past few days, Palestinians took to social media to strongly condemn the recent meetings with Israelis, accusing them of betraying the Palestinian people by talking to Israelis. On Monday, assailants hurled firebombs at a restaurant where senior PA official Mahmoud al-Habbash met with Israeli journalists.