Palestinian cabinet resigns

The Palestinian prime minister dissolved his Cabinet in an emergency meeting on Monday (14 February), a move supposedly coming as a result of changes in the region.

The official Wafa news agency said the move was intended to prepare for general elections planned later this year, which was announced by the Palestinian government over the weekend.

Palestinian spokesman Ghassan Khatib said Fayyad's Cabinet reshuffle had been planned for weeks and is not tied to the new changes in the region.

The Palestinians are also dealing with the fallout from embarrassing media leaks about past peace talks with Israel, including far-reaching Palestinian concessions to Israel in a bid to form a future Palestinian state.  

In the meantime, Israeli online newspaper Haaretz.com published an article where the Head of European mission training PA police in Palestine acknowledges that in training everything is done with the approval of State of Israel.

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