Palestine News & Info Agency - WAFA
RAMALLAH, December 13, 2011 (WAFA) – The Palestinian cabinet Tuesday condemned Israeli escalation in aggression against Palestinians and their property and held the Israeli government fully responsible for attacks by soldiers and settlers on Palestinians, according to a statement issued following the weekly cabinet meeting.
The cabinet also condemned Israeli government decision to build 40 housing units near Efrat, a settlement south of Bethlehem, organized attacks by Jewish settlers under the protection of soldiers, as well as a decision to close the Magharbe Gate in the old city of Jerusalem.
It expressed its refusal of statements by US Republican Party presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich in which he said that the Palestinian people were “invented.” It described these statements as absurd, degrading and a denial of historical facts, calling on Gingrich to recant his statements and apologize for them.
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