Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz and Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg met today their Palestinian Authority counterparts, officials confirm to The Times of Israel.
The high-level meeting of civilian officials is rare and has not happened for several years due to poor ties between Israel and the PA.
Today’s meetings were initiated by Regional Cooperation Minister Issawi Frej, who is encouraging ministers to renew contacts with their PA counterparts. Horowitz, Zandberg and Frej are all members of the left-wing Meretz party.
“Not just [those two]. There will be other meetings with the transportation ministers, the economic ministers. The process is continuing. There is will and commitment on both sides — we are going to talk,” Frej says.
The meetings come amid a growing number of high-level contacts between Israel and the PA following the new Israeli government’s swearing-in last month.
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