President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas refused to have a telephone conversation with US President Joe Biden during his visit to Israel on October 18, Israeli state radio Kan reports. It cited a source familiar with the situation in the administrative center of the West Bank city of Ramallah, where the office of the Palestinian leader is located.
According to the radio, representatives of the Biden administration tried to arrange a telephone conversation between the two leaders on October 18, but Abbas rejected this request.
