RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: The Palestinian Authority, Egypt and Jordan on Monday condemned as "racist" a firebrand Israeli minister's remarks denying the existence of the Palestinian people, with Amman summoning Israel's ambassador for a rebuke.

Israel's far-right finance chief, Bezalel Smotrich, is part of veteran leader Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right government that took office last December.

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