Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (L) meets with Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas. (File photo)
Israel’s intelligence minister has warned that Justice Minister Tzipi Livni will be sacked should she meet with Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas again.
Yuval Steinitz’s warning was in connection with Livni’s May 15 meeting with Abbas in London in the hope of reviving the so-called peace talks.
“She will no longer be a minister” if she defies Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s order against meeting with Abbas, said Steinitz.
The intelligence minister said Netanyahu has so far treated Livni “with a certain amount of mercy”, adding that all ministers are obligated to respect Zionist regime’s policies.
According to Israeli media, Netanyahu had told Livni not to go through with the London session.
“We have never seen Bibi this furious,” sources close to Netanyahu said.
But Livni said Netanyahu knew of her meeting with Abbas, adding that she will meet the top Palestinian official again if necessary.
“Should another meeting with [Abbas] be necessary, I will meet with him as I see fit,” she said.
Angered by a recently-clinched unity pact between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah, the Tel Aviv regime suspended the so-called peace talks with the Palestinian Authority on April 24 and threatened to impose further sanctions against Palestinians.
On the same day, Netanyahu told Fox News that the negotiations with Palestinians would be “essentially dead” if the authority goes ahead with the unity deal with Hamas.
Netanyahu says Abbas should “tear up” the pact with Hamas, adding that Tel Aviv would not engage in talks with the Palestinian Authority while it has the backing of Hamas.
Angered by a recently-clinched unity pact between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah, the Tel Aviv regime suspended the so-called peace talks with the Palestinian Authority on April 24 and threatened to impose further sanctions against Palestinians.
On the same day, Netanyahu told Fox News that the negotiations with Palestinians would be “essentially dead” if the authority goes ahead with the unity deal with Hamas.
Netanyahu says Abbas should “tear up” the pact with Hamas, adding that Tel Aviv would not engage in talks with the Palestinian Authority while it has the backing of Hamas.
