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Wednesday, January 6, 2016
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Settlements are cancer, says Abbas
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePalestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas asserts that the Authority is in no danger of collapsing, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed ministers to act to prevent the break up of the West Bank governing body.
Speaking in Bethlehem, Abbas adds that Jewish West Bank “settlements are a cancer in our midst.”
Abbas stresses that he is against acts of violence committed by Palestinians, but says he does not believe protests in the West Bank are violent, according to Channel 10.
He also says he fears Netanyahu is not interested in achieving peace.
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