Israelis and Palestinians have been holding secret talks for weeks: report
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Senior aides to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian President Abbas have been in secret talks to de-escalate tensions in the West Bank, according to a new Axios report. Meanwhile the Security Council issued a statement against new settlement building.
Axios sources also said Palestinian Minister for Civilian Affairs Hussein al-Sheikh had previously passed a message to Netanyahu’s office through the Biden administration weeks before the swearing-in of the new Israeli government about the Palestinian Authority's willingness to work with Netanyahu. Haley Chi-Sing is a Fox News Digital production assistant. You can reach her at @haleychising on Twitter.
The reported secret talks come on the heels of the United Nations Security Council meeting Monday, where Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan called the Palestinian Authority a "monstrous propaganda campaign that poisons the minds of generations to hate and murder."