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(A7) Gush Etzion Regional Council head and Yesha Council Chairman Shlomo Ne’eman on Saturday evening responded to reports that “relief measures” for the Palestinian Authority (PA) would be discussed on Sunday.
“After we buried two heroes this past week in the campaign against terrorism, the Diplomatic-Security Cabinet plans to award prizes to the Palestinian Authority,” Ne’eman said. “Have those in charge here gone crazy?”
“These policies strengthen terrorism and must not continue. We demand that the Prime Minister and all of the ministers in the Diplomatic-Security Cabinet not to approve benefits and gifts to the terrorist authority tomorrow, but to continue to act with a heavy hand as was done in Jenin.
“The Palestinian Authority is not the solution to security issues, but it, and no other, is the source of all the problems. Only heavy-handed action against the PA and continued construction, expansion, and strengthening of communities in Judea and Samaria will restore peace to the region.”
Among the measures expected to be discussed Sunday is the establishment of an industrial zone in the Palestinian Arab city of Tarqumiyah, northwest of Hebron. In addition, the ministers will also discuss the development of the “Marine” gas reservoir off the coast of Gaza.
A series of more limited economic benefits will also be promoted during Sunday’s meeting, such as the spread of debt payments, the expansion of the operating hours of the Allenby Crossing and the issuance of biometric passports.
Diplomatic sources told Channel 13 News that a discussion is also expected to take place on the question of restoring the VIP permits to senior officials in the Palestinian Authority which were revoked by the cabinet in January, after the PA’s promotion of an anti-Israel resolution at the United Nations.
