[Ma'an] President Mahmoud Abbas is ready to give the okay for the deployment of international troops along the borders of a Palestinian state regardless of their religious affiliation, his political adviser told the government news agency WAFA on Saturday.
Nimir Hammad said reports, which he said surfaced in American media on the religion of the forces "were completely false, and president Abbas spoke more than once, during his meeting with leaders of the [American Israel Public Affairs Committee] AIPAC and in interviews with Israeli journalists confirming that he agrees on international forces regardless of the soldiers' religion." |