Ramallah: The newly-appointed Palestinian premier Rami Hamdallah has refused the free services offered by the Israeli security service and insisted he will move in the Zone C area of the Palestinian territories without protection.
The Zone C is under full Israeli security and civil control.
Hamdallah visited the occupied east Jerusalem on Sunday and prayed in Al Aqsa Mosque after his office rejected the presence of the Israeli security.
The Israeli website Walla reported on Monday that Hamdallah has created a diplomatic crisis as he refused to allow the security services to provide him with protection.
According to procedures, Israeli security service offers its services to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his senior aides when they move in Zone C.
Quoting a senior security officer, Walla said that the security service will be in trouble if Hamdallah wants to travel to Jordan by road No. 60 to reach Allenby Crossing. “We do not know how to provide the Palestinian premier with protection against the ‘price tag’ attacks and we are not sure about the way the Israeli colonists would act if the premier’s car was spotted,” said the official.
