As Biden takes lead, Palestinians eager to return to talks with US - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Daoud Kuttab

Daoud Kuttab

Nov 6, 2020

US Vice President Joseph Biden (C) stands next to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas (L) and Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat (R) as they arrive for a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 9, 2016. — ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images

Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden participates in an ABC News town hall event at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on October 15, 2020. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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A plaque remains on the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) office two days after President Donald Trump's national security adviser John Bolton announced that the State Department would close the PLO office in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1FFC939370

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