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Source: https://www.axios.com/2024/06/06/uae-palestinian-fight-blinken-meeting
Emirati-Palestinian Shouting Match Blew Up Blinken Meeting
(Axios) Barak Ravid - A meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and a group of Arab officials on April 29 in Riyadh saw an unusual shouting match between UAE foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed and Palestinian minister Hussein al-Sheikh, a senior adviser to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, according to five sources. The heated spat reflects skepticism over the Palestinian Authority's planned reforms and disputes among Arab leaders. During the meeting, al-Sheikh said the PA is conducting reforms and created a new government as the U.S. and Arab countries asked. The Emirati foreign minister pushed back and said he hasn't seen any significant reform inside the PA. Then he called the Palestinian leadership "Ali Baba and the forty thieves." "Why would the UAE give assistance to the Palestinian Authority without real reforms?" he asked before he left the room.