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PA rethinks approach to Trump

In a diplomatic reversal, Palestinian Authority leaders hosted US Ambassador Mike Huckabee in Ramallah this week, marking the first high-level contact with a Trump administration official since 2017.

US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee (2nd-L) and the Palestinian mayor of the village of Taybeh, Suleiman Khourieh (L), tour the fifth-century Church of St George in the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank, on July 19, 2025.

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Leaders from the Palestinian Authority hosted US Ambassador Mike Huckabee in Ramallah this week after previously eschewing contact with the Trump administration. Why is the PA changing its approach, and what does it hope to get out of renewed cooperation with the White House?

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