PA PM welcomes PA general elections, reiterates refusal to accept cuts to terror salaries, rejects US economic workshop
Headline: "[Abbas] reiterated his rejection of the Manama workshop and called on everyone to boycott it – the [PA] government welcomed the president's call to hold elections and confirms the government's willingness to bring about their success"
"During the weekly [PA] government meeting in Ramallah yesterday [June 17, 2019], [PA] Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh welcomed [PA President] Mahmoud Abbas' call to hold general elections, while confirming the government's willingness to do everything necessary to bring about the success of these elections and their fullest execution.
The prime minister repeated the Palestinian leadership's refusal to accept the reduced tax money from the Israeli side and rejection of our sons in the occupation’s prison being described as terrorists (referring to Israel's Anti "Pay-for-Slay" Law to deduct terror salaries; see note below –Ed.), and emphasized the complete rejection of the Manama workshop (i.e., refers to US-led conference in Bahrain in June 2019 focusing on economic aspects of US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan)… while calling on everyone not to participate in it."