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Monday, September 16, 2019
Like Netanyahu, PA prime minister chairs cabinet meeting in Jordan Valley
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePalestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh chairs a weekly meeting of his cabinet in the Jordan Valley and vows his government will support the development of Palestinian agriculture in the region.
The PA cabinet meeting comes a day after Netanyahu also led a cabinet meeting in the Jordan Valley, which he pledged last week to annex to Israel if he is reelected following tomorrow’s elections.
“We, the Council of Ministers, are here to affirm our complete commitment to doing everything we can to strengthen the steadfastness of our people on its land and making the Jordan Valley, as it was in the past, Palestine’s fruit and vegetable garden,” Shtayyeh says at the outset of the gathering in Fasayil, a village of some 1,500 in the area that has recently been plagued by power outages.
— Adam Rasgon
The Times of Israel Community.