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Israel/Palestine

R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts) Mon Dec 30, 2013, 01:11 AM Dec 2013

Erekat condemns Israel's bill to annex Jordan Valley

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=661182

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A chief Palestinian official on Sunday condemned an Israeli committee vote in favor of a Knesset bill that would annex the Jordan Valley, placing it under full Israeli sovereignty.

Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said the decision destroys all efforts for peace with Israel, showing the Israeli government's "indifference" toward international law.

In an interview with Ma'an, Erekat said the Palestinian response should be to seek statehood recognition by the United Nations and other international bodies.

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