2023-07-10 09:17:32
The security cabinet in Israel has adopted a declaration aimed at “avoiding the collapse of the Palestinian Authority” and at the same time demanding that it put an end to its “anti-Israel activities,” according to what was announced by the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Israeli ministers’ vote on the declaration, which did not stipulate any plan, came a few days following a large-scale military operation in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, killing 12 Palestinians and an Israeli soldier.
The government headed by Netanyahu, the most right-wing in Israel’s history, announced in January a series of sanctions once morest Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority that theoretically controls parts of the West Bank, on the background of requesting an “advisory opinion” from the highest court in the United Nations. regarding the Israeli occupation.
At the time, Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh said that the Israeli sanctions aim to push the (Palestinian Authority) to the brink of financial and institutional collapse, and fall within the framework of a new war once morest the Palestinian people.
On Sunday, the Israeli security cabinet voted in favor of “a draft resolution presented by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu” stating that “Israel will work to prevent the collapse of the Palestinian Authority,” according to a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office.
The declaration includes a set of demands for the Palestinian Authority to “stop its anti-Israel activities in the international legal-diplomatic arena” and also to stop “incitement” and “illegal construction in Area C” of the West Bank, which is under full Israeli control.
It is almost impossible for Palestinians to obtain building permits in Area C, which covers regarding 60 percent of the West Bank.
The announcement also included a demand to stop “financial payments to the families of terrorists,” as he put it, in reference to salaries provided by the Palestinian Authority to the families of Palestinians it killed. Israeli forces and families of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, or detainees, including those convicted of killing Israelis.
As part of the sanctions imposed in January, Israel withheld tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue from the Palestinian Authority over its financial support for activists.
The Israeli government also ordered a halt to Palestinian construction projects in parts of the West Bank occupied by Israel since 1967.
The statement issued Sunday by Netanyahu’s office said that the Prime Minister and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant would propose “steps to ensure the stability” of the embattled Palestinian Authority.
Israeli media had indicated that the proposals might include the establishment of industrial zones for the Palestinians in Area C in the West Bank and other steps to support the Palestinian economy.
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