Palestinian and Saudi leaders talk strategy amid Middle East violence
By TOVAH LAZAROFF, KHALED ABU TOAMEHUpdated: JANUARY 22, 2019 19:05Policemen keep watch ahead of inauguration of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 2019.(photo credit: REUTERS/ARND WIEGMANN)
Regional leaders at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos discuss a strategy for the Middle East amid escalating regional violence and the US pledge to pull its forces out of Syria.Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed and Saudi Arabia Minister of Economy and Planning Mohammad Al Tuwaijri will on all weigh in on the challenges facing the Middle East.Hamdallah’s speech comes as the UN warns that the Palestinian economy is collapsing and the PA has stated that it will no longer accept US economic assistance.
