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Palestinian prime minister Salaam Fayyad has called on Palestinians to boycott of goods made in Israeli settlements in protests against Israeli’s withholding of revenue intended for the Palestinian Authority. Israel cut off the funds in response to the UN General Assembly vote that in November that recognised Palestine as an observer state in the UN. Fayyad has admitted that a Palestinian boycott would violate the terms of its interim peace agreement with Israel, but that the Israeli government was working against this agreement as well by withholding the tax funds. 1
In another development, Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Liberman announced last week that he would resign as foreign minister and vice premier in view of a pending indictment against him for fraud and breach of trust. Liberman has said he hopes the legal proceedings related to this matter are concluded prior to the scheduled January 22 national elections. 2
- 1. “Boycott Israeli goods — Palestinian PM”, The Jordan Times, December 16, 2012 at http://jordantimes.com/boycott-israeli-goods----palestinian-pm
- 2. “FM Avigdor Liberman to resign over indictment”, The Jerusalem Post, December 14, 2012 at http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=295946