
Secretary Tillerson told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the president was carefully weighing whether the move would help or harm the peace process.
The uproar in the Israeli political echelon continued on Tuesday against The New York Times for describing Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti as a “Palestinian leader and parliamentarian” and for omitting the fact that he is also a convicted murderer. The description of Barghouti appeared following an op-ed piece written by him and published by the paper.