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Abbas: ' "We don't trust America" Fatah official: The US is the "enemy"

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Submitted by Maria (United States), Oct 25, 2022 at 22:53

Abbas: ' "We don't trust America" Fatah official: The US is the "enemy"

Oct 23, 2022

While the US has donated, over the years, billions of tax dollars to the Palestinians, and has been their largest donor, Palestinian leaders still "don't trust America", who they see as the "enemy." Vladimir Putin and Russia, on the other hand, are seen as allies and supporters.
In his recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Kazakhstan, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas made his sentiments quite clear..

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Abbas: ' "We don't trust America" Fatah official: The US is the "enemy" [97 words]MariaOct 25, 2022 22:53287876
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