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Feb. 20, 2009 / 11:48 AM

PA gives conditional OK to Israeli change

Israeli President Shimon Peres (L) meets Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu in his residence in Jerusalem, February 20, 2009. Netanyahu was asked to lead a new coalition government as the country's next prime minister. (UPI Photo/Moshe Milner/GPO)

1 of 4 | Israeli President Shimon Peres (L) meets Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu in his residence in Jerusalem, February 20, 2009. Netanyahu was asked to lead a new coalition government as the country's next prime minister. (UPI Photo/Moshe Milner/GPO) | License Photo

JERUSALEM, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- The Palestinian Authority will work with the new Israeli government so long as certain conditions are met, the official PA spokesman said Friday.

Binyamin Netanyahu earlier was given the go-ahead by President Shimon Peres to form a new government as Israel's next prime minister.

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"We will work with any government in Israel as long as it sticks to the two-state solution, previous agreements, the halting of settlement construction and international law," PA spokesman Abu Rodaina said from Bahrain, ynetnews reported.

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