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Sunday, June 18, 2023
Palestinians to boycott meeting tomorrow over Israeli settlement decision
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PA Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh says the Palestinians will boycott a planned economic meeting with Israel tomorrow over the government’s approval of a measure shortening the approval process for West Bank settlement construction.
Al-Sheikh, a top aide to PA President Mahmoud Abbas, adds in a tweet that Palestinian leaders “will study a number of other measures and decisions for implementation related to the relationship with Israel.”
The meeting of the Joint Economic Committee, which hadn’t been previously announced, would’ve been the first time it has convened since 2009.
After the decision of the #Israeli government to accelerate the stages of settlement growth in the West Bank, and to authorize its Minister of Finance, Smotrich, to ratify this. We decided to boycott the meeting of the Joint Economic Committee #JEC between the two parties, which… https://t.co/Me9egi9b3t
— حسين الشيخ Hussein AlSheikh (@HusseinSheikhpl) June 18, 2023
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