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Abbas meets new Iraqi prime minister in Amman

The Palestinian president briefed Ali al-Zaidi on Gaza and the West Bank and on the PA's financial crisis, which he blamed on $7bn in withheld revenues.

Posted 26 Oct 2026, 18:321 min read1 source

Mahmoud Abbas and then UK prime minister Rishi Sunak seated in armchairs in a formal room with British and Palestinian flags
Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting in Cairo, 2023. Photo: Simon Walker / No 10 Downing Street, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and his delegation in Amman on Monday, congratulating him on taking office and thanking Iraq for its aid, its support for UNRWA and for treating wounded Palestinians from Gaza, WAFA reported.

Abbas briefed al-Zaidi on the humanitarian situation in Gaza and on Israeli military operations in the West Bank, and said the Palestinian Authority faces a severe financial squeeze because Israel is withholding about $7 billion in clearance revenues.

“Palestine is an integral part of Iraq's identity and national position.”

Ali al-Zaidi, Prime Minister of Iraq

The two sides agreed to revive a joint Palestinian-Iraqi committee on political, economic and educational ties. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa and Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein attended.

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