Palestinian officials have expressed their resentment over a request from Washington that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas express support for normalisation between Israel and Arab states, Haaretz reported Monday. US officials say that a statement from the Palestinian president in favour of normalisation would go a long way toward Arab states renewing negotiations with Israel, Haaretz reported. Ramallah officials speaking to the Israeli daily said this would not be possible unless Israel commits to recognising an independent Palestinian state along the 1967 borders. The report comes as US a…