Israeli Minister Naftali Bennett: Netanyahu Must Cut Ties with Palestinian Authority Following Deal with Hamas Terrorists

The Jerusalem Post reports: Israel must immediately terminate its relations with the Palestinian Authority due to the deal it signed with Hamas in Cairo, Bayit Yehudi chairman Naftali Bennett said on Saturday night.

Bennett, who is a member of the security cabinet, said he would formally issue the demand to Netanyahu at Sunday’s meeting of coalition heads. Bennett complained, in a statement he released, that Saleh al-Arouri, who signed the deal for Hamas, is responsible for the June 2014 abduction and murder of Israeli teenagers Eyal Yifrah, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel.

“The Palestinians decided to form a terrorist government,” Bennett said. “Mahmoud Abbas’s joining with Hamas turns the Palestinian Authority into a terrorist authority. Israel must sever any connection to this terrorist authority. From now, any Israeli cooperation with Abbas is cooperation with Hamas.”