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Palestinian Authority PM Shtayyeh: Sanctions against PA will lead to its collapse
Tobias (Toby) Siegal is a breaking news editor and contributor to The Times of Israel.
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh greets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 14, 2022. (Flash90/File)
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh warns that a series of sanctions approved last week by the security cabinet against the PA would usher in its collapse.
In a rare interview with the Israeli daily Haaretz published today, Shtayyeh defends Ramallah’s move at the United Nations to have the International Court of Justice draft a legal opinion regarding Israel’s conduct in the Palestinian territories – a step referred to by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “an extreme anti-Israel” measure.
The Palestinians “have a right to complain to the world about the occupation,” he tells Haaretz, accusing Israel of “profiting from the occupation.”
