RAMALLAH, May 27, 2025 WAFA) – Vice President of the State of Palestine and Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Hussein Al Sheikh, received Ilan Goldenberg, Senior Vice President and Chief Policy Officer at J Street, Adina Fogel-Ayalon, Chief of Staff of the organization, and a group of senior staff from the U.S. Congress.

The meeting aimed to discuss the latest developments in the region and the Palestinian Territory, with particular focus on the humanitarian and political situation in the Gaza Strip.

During the meeting, Al-Sheikh emphasized the urgent need to reach a permanent ceasefire agreement in Gaza to end the ongoing aggression and pave the way for a fundamental resolution of the humanitarian and economic crises afflicting the Strip.

He also stressed the official Palestinian position calling for the State of Palestine to assume its full civil and security responsibilities, a complete withdrawal of the occupation forces from Gaza, and an end to attacks by occupation forces and extremist colonists on cities, camps, villages, and holy sites in the West Bank, including Jerusalem.

The Vice President of the State of Palestine underscored the need to pursue a political process based on international legitimacy to end the occupation.

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