Israel announces a package of five sanctions against the Palestinian Authority in response to its diplomatic efforts to get UN's top court to weigh in Israeli occupation
"The current government will not sit idly by in the face of this war and will respond as necessary," Netanyahu's office said.
"The current government will not sit idly by in the face of this war and will respond as necessary," Netanyahu's office said. Another punitive step was to halt Palestinian construction activities in Area C, denoting parts of the occupied West Bank under Israel's administrative and security control until a final status agreement is reached with the Palestinians.
The Palestinian foreign ministry said the Israeli reprisals were a "reflection of the Netanyahu government's racist colonial platform against our people" and "a flagrant violation of Israel's obligations as an occupying power".
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