Top PA official: 'Meeting with Lapid was very positive'

Senior Palestinian Authority (PA) official Hussein Al-Sheikh, who met this week with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, told the Walla! news website on Tuesday that the meeting was very positive and "opened the door" to increased contacts between Israel and Palestinian Arabs.

"We want this door to remain open in order to move forward in the future towards the resumption of negotiations as well," Al-Sheikh said.