The mayor of the Palestinian Authority town of Anabta next to Tulkarem, Hamdallah Hamdallah, was forced to resign Saturday after he attended a conference in Tel Aviv supporting the “two-state solution” with former senior PA officials.
Reports in Hebrew-language Israel media that revealed the identity of some of the participants in the conference – a leftwing event – caused political havoc in the Palestinian Authority and led to the forced resignation of the mayor, according to a report by Israel’s Channel 12 television news.
Other members of the delegation with whom Hamdallah attended the event defended themselves on social media, claiming they participated in the conference with the approval of the Ramallah government, and the Israeli participants were, like them, opposed to the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan.
According to Channel 12, the public debate continues in the Palestinian Authority over the participation of the delegation.