Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s firing of Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai cut off the Palestinian Authority’s last line of communication with the Israeli government, Palestinian officials said. The firing proved that Netanyahu is not interested in peace, said Palestinian Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo. A supporter of the Oslo and Wye accords, Mordechai was the only Israeli minister to remain in contact with Palestinian officials after Netanyahu froze implementation of the Wye accord last month.
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