Portugal’s foreign minister says Israeli settlement expansion and economic pressure in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are undermining prospects for a viable Palestinian state.
Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel says Israel’s E1 settlement plan is “extremely pernicious” because it would divide the West Bank, isolate East Jerusalem and is incompatible with a two-state solution.
Israel’s withholding of Palestinian tax revenues amounts to a “brutal strangulation” of the Palestinian Authority’s finances, preventing the economy from functioning, he says after meeting Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin in Lisbon. Promoted: Theatron Hotel and Residences – Luxury Jerusalem Residences with Five-Star Hotel AmenitiesKeep Watching
Rangel also cites the closure of Christian schools in East Jerusalem as evidence of worsening conditions there.
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