Palestinian foreign minister says Israel revoked travel permits over UN move
The Palestinian foreign minister said on Sunday that Israel had revoked his travel permit, as part of a series of punitive measures against Palestinians that Israel's new hardline government announced days ago.Riad Malki said in a statement that he was returning from the inauguration of the Brazilian president when he was informed that Israel rescinded a travel permit for senior Palestinian officials that allows them to easily travel in and out of the occupied West Bank, unlike ordinary Palestinians.Israel's government on Friday approved steps to penalize Palestinians in retaliation for pressuring the UN's highest judicial body to issue its opinion…
