The couple, both Egged bus drivers, are being held separately and face espionage accusations, which they and the Israeli government firmly deny. The family of Natali and Mordy Oknin speak by phone with Natali on November 17, 2021, for the first time since she and her husband were arrested eight days earlier in Turkey.
The envoy “also emphasized the importance of respecting human rights and avoiding actions that undermine the prospects of a two-state solution, such as settlement activity, evictions, incitement to violence and payments to individuals imprisoned for terrorism,” the US readout adds. They did not include any of the six human rights organizations blacklisted by Israel. Thomas-Greenfield also met with Palestinian civil society leaders, her office says. The ambassador highlights “ongoing US efforts to support Palestinian refugees through a more efficient UNRWA that respects humanitarian principles such as neutrality,” her office says after visiting a school run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Ramallah. “Thomas-Greenfield conveyed the Biden administration’s strong support for a two-state solution and its belief that Israelis and Palestinians alike deserve equal measures of freedom, prosperity, security and dignity,” her office says, regurgitating a talking point it has used about the conflict dozens of times this year. US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield met today with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, PA Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein al-Sheikh and other senior officials in Ramallah as the Biden administration continues its efforts to restore ties with the Palestinians. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets with US Ambassador the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield in the West Bank city of Ramallah, November 17, 2021.
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