Palestine PM Says Arab Foreign Ministers’ Normalization Meeting with Israel ‘Illusion’ if Occupation Continues

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has condemned the recent meeting between Israel and a number of Arab states’ foreign ministers on normalization in the occupied Negev, saying holding such meetings while Tel Aviv continues its occupation is just an “illusion.”

The Palestinian premier made the remarks during the weekly cabinet meeting in Ramallah on Monday, a day after top diplomats from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Morocco, Egypt, Bahrain, the United States, and Israel met in the Negev desert to press ahead with a US-brokered normalization of relations between the Arab states and the Israeli regime, Palestine’s official Wafa news agency reported.

“We’re following with concern Israel’s movement in the region,” the Palestinian premier said, adding, “Arab normalization meetings without ending the Israeli occupation of Palestine are just an illusion, a mirage, and a free reward for Israel.”

Shtayyeh further noted that “Israel is ignoring the causes of our people, half of whom are under occupation and the other half in refugee camps, in exile and the diaspora.”

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