Netanyahu orders cutback in contacts with Palestinian Authority
 

* Ban doesn't apply to peace negotiators, security officials * Palestinians say edict undermines U.S. bid to save talks * Netanyahu an**unces move after Kerry criticism of Israel * Israel weighs adding eco**mic sanctions, too - official (Adds Kerry comment, says he seeks a way forward) By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM, April 9 (Reuters) - Israel an**unced on Wednesday a partial freeze in high-level contacts with the Palestinians and also threatened eco**mic steps after they signed international conventions, deepening a crisis menacing U.S.-brokered peace talks. Israeli government officials said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ordered cabinet members, directors-general of government ministries and other senior officials **t to meet their counterparts in the Palestinian Authority (PA).

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