Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and President Isaac Herzog held separate calls with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday, which followed a meeting between Abbas and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz in the occupied West Bank on Thursday.
In the first such known call between the Palestinian leader and an Israeli premier in years, Lapid and Abbas discussed “continued cooperation and the need to ensure quiet and calm,” according to Lapid, who last week became caretaker premier ahead of a Nov. 1 snap election.
