Smotrich to PM: Bring down PA, annex West Bank, if it keeps seeking UN state, war arrests [View all]
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich issued a warning Thursday that if the Palestinian Authority continues with its efforts for international recognition of a state and for what he said was its bid to obtain international arrest warrants against Israelis over the war in Gaza, he will cut off the transfer of funds to the Palestinian administrative body.
In a letter sent to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and widely reported by Hebrew media, Smotrich wrote that the PA is an immediate danger to Israel and called on the premier to annex the West Bank if the Palestinians don’t desist from their actions.
The letter came amid reported concern among Israeli officials over the prospect of the International Criminal Court in The Hague issuing arrest warrants against Netanyahu and other Israeli political and military leaders for alleged breaches of international law in Gaza during the ongoing war against terror group Hamas.
In addition, last week, the United States needed to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution calling to recognize the Palestinians as a full UN member state.
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https://www.timesofisrael.com/smotrich-threatens-to-stop-funds-to-palestinians-over-their-international-posturing/
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