Beirut hopes that oil and gas discoveries in its territorial waters will help it overcome the crisis and pay back its massive debt that stands at 170% of the GDP, making it one of the highest in the world.
In recent years, Saudi Arabia has been reaching out more to Jewish and Christian groups.
Speaking remotely to European lawmakers, Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh says the last four years of the Trump administration have greatly harmed the Palestinians.
Talks are scheduled to begin Wednesday at the headquarters of the UN peacekeeping force in the southern Lebanese border town of Naqoura.
Ali Akbar Salehi is under quarantine and resting at home, state news agency IRNA reports.
Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen makes the comments on Israeli Army Radio when asked about a Reuters report that Qatar had submitted a formal request to Washington to buy stealthy F-35 fighter jets.
Iran is the worst-hit COVID country in the Middle East, with the death toll currently at 28,293. There were 3,875 new cases diagnosed over the weekend, Tehran says.
Saeb Erekat, 65, underwent a lung transplant in the United States in 2017, placing him as heightened risk for COVID-19 complication. Longtime PLO exec says he is in isolation and receiving medical treatment at home.
The latest death toll brings total fatalities in Islamic Republic to 27,658. Iran reports 4,019 new cases since Tuesday.
Reiterating accusations first levelled by French President Emmanuel Macron that Turkey has sent Syrian jihadists to fight in the conflict, President Bashar Assad says "Damascus can confirm this."
