RAMALLAH — Benjamin Netanyahu's ousting as prime minister of
Israel closes the chapter on one of the "worst periods" of
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh
said on Monday.
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"The departure of the Israeli prime minister after 12 years in power
marks the end of one of the worst periods in the history of the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict," Shtayyeh said ahead of the Palestinian
Authority's weekly cabinet meeting.
On Sunday, the Israeli parliament voted in a new government led by
right-wing Jewish nationalist Naftali Bennett. His coalition includes
right-wing, center-ground and leftwing parties, as well as Israel’s Islamic
conservative party.
But Shtayyeh also said he was under no illusions about the new government or
its likelihood of advancing a peace agreement with the
Palestinians.
"We do not see this new government as any less bad than the previous
one, and we condemn the announcements of the new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett
in support of Israeli settlements," the Palestinian premier said,
referring to Israeli construction activity in the occupied West Bank.
"The new government has no future if it does not take into
consideration the future of the Palestinian people and their legitimate
rights," Shtayyeh added.
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