While scheduled in advance, the meeting is also expected to address yesterday’s terror attack in Tel Aviv, in which a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad from the Jenin area shot dead a municipal patrolman. There is also concern of a potential escalation in violence around the West Bank after a Palestinian was killed during clashes with settlers Friday evening. Two Israelis have been arrested over the shooting.
Hebrew media reports say ministers not will vote during the meeting on a series of measures aimed at shoring up the Palestinian Authority — which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised the Biden administration he’d advance — due to the premier’s concern he’d take flak in light of the proximity to the attack in Tel Aviv, but they will be discussed.