The Israeli war minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday gave instructions to cease all political and civil ties with the Palestinian Authority (PA) but retained security coordination.
According to the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper Lieberman instructed the general coordinator of the government activities in the occupied Palestinian territories Yoav Mordechai to immediately halt all meetings and contacts with the PA chaired by Mahmoud Abbas with the exception of security coordination.
Lieberman’s orders were released in response to the anti-settlement bid approved at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
The UNSC voted on Friday to adopt a resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity as illegal and demanding that Israel “immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory including east Jerusalem”.
Fourteen out of the 15 voting members of the Council voted in favor of the resolution none voted against it and the United States chose to abstain.
