PA calls on international community to prevent Netanyahu-Ben Gvir deal

November 18th, 2022

Awake Goy

Far-right Knesset member Itamar Ben Gvir attends a "flag march" in West Jerusalem on April 20, 2022. [Mostafa Alkharouf - Anadolu Agency]

The Palestinian Authority yesterday called on the international community and the US administration to put pressure on Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu not to implement the agreement he concluded with the far-right Member of the Knesset Itamar Ben-Gvir regarding the deepening and expansion of illegal settlement outposts in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned that, if implemented, the deal would deepen settlement, lead to the seizure of more Palestinian land, and legalise random outposts, especially in the northern West Bank, such as the Homesh and Avitar illegal outposts. "The agreement provisions strike once again the foundations of any future political negotiating process, and complete the Israeli deliberate sabotage of the opportunity to achieve peace on […] Source