The Palestinian foreign minister says Israel has revoked his travel permit, part of a series of punitive steps against the Palestinians that Israel’s new hardline government announced days ago.
Riyad al Maliki said in a statement that he was returning from the Brazilian president’s inauguration when he was informed that Israel on Sunday rescinded his travel permit, which allows top Palestinian officials to travel easily in and out of the occupied West Bank, unlike the rest of Palestinians.
Israel’s Defense Ministry confirmed that Maliki’s permit had been revoked. It was not clear whether the permits of other officials had been revoked as well.
