The US is working to boost security ties between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA), a senior US official said on Wednesday, following an uptick in violence in the occupied West Bank caused by Israeli raids. US Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf said the Biden administration is working “to ensure to the greatest degree possible that security cooperation (between Israel and the PA) is robust and continuing”, according to The Times of Israel. NEA A/S Barbara Leaf & DAS Hady Amr met with President Abbas to discuss the U.S.-Palestinian relationship, U.S. assistance to…