(Al-Monitor) Shlomi Eldar - A senior Palestinian source said a decision has been reached to present U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt with a clear ultimatum at their Aug. 24 meeting with PA President Mahmoud Abbas. Unless progress is made within 45 days on launching talks with the Israelis, the Palestinians will consider themselves no longer committed to the U.S. channel and Abbas will turn to an alternative plan "to mobilize anyone and everyone he can for the UN General Assembly session on the establishment of a Palestinian state." Abbas surprised members of an Israeli opposition party at an Aug. 20 meeting at his Ramallah headquarters with his harsh criticism of the Trump administration.
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