Trump’s envoy to Israel says he was ‘misquoted’ in reports that U.S. was seeking to replace Palestinian leader Abbas

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman has said that he was misquoted in comments this week that suggested the United States would bypass Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas if he refused to engage with the Trump administration. “The United States is not seeking 'to replace' Mahmoud Abbas,” Friedman said in a tweet on Thursday. “It […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/03/29/trumps-envoy-to-israel-says-he-was-misquoted-in-reports-that-u-s-was-seeking-to-replace-palestinian-leader-abbas/