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Abbas threatens to dismantle Palestinian Authority
Elior Levy
Published: 20.04.14, 08:55
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31. Please do...
Shimon ,   Cincinnati, USA   (04.20.14)
Once he dissolves the PA, he can be arrested for funding the PLO/Black September murders in the past - Munich, in particular. I'd love to see him with Barghouti and Saadat all in one cramped, small non-air conditioned cell.
32. Abbas threatens ad nauseum
CJK   (04.20.14)
let abbas do whatever he wants to do. we know that he is neither willing nor able to negotiate even on the way to negotiate. now he has been threatened by the rats of al qaeda. why should this old terrorist sacrifice his life for a meaningless piece of paper in which he does not believe anyway. israel will survive without him, without the pa, without the whole arab palestinian mess that has been foisted on the jewish state by various international actors, all of whom are eager for part of the action.
33. 1 state no gaza and use the Quebec approach
Joe Fraser   (04.20.14)
Ban Arabic language signs, and make Hebrew the only official language in schools, government, business. That will make most of the Arabs leave on their own, just like the 800,000 English speakers who were chased away by the separatists in Quebec.
34. To: No. 15
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.20.14)
Litigation in international courts? The "Palestinians" have no standing to bring suit. Judea and Samaria are nonsovereign territories, and were reacquired by Israel in the course of fighting a defensive war. On the other hand, should Israel annex Judea and Samaria, the territory instantly becomes sovereign Israel and the "Palestinians" -- Jordanian citizens all -- instantly become subject to repatriation.
35. Is that a treat or a PROMISE??? GO AHEAD. DO IT NOW!!!!!!!!!
Ramon ,   Israel   (04.20.14)
Make my day Abbas!!!!!!
36. #22 Welcome to your ancestral homeland
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.20.14)
Too bad it's all been swallowed up into Greater Israel and will forever remain so.
37. I wish the
Sara ,   New York   (04.20.14)
Palestinian choose a leader .. ..MUDAR ZAKRAN ...Shalom Salamat Time long over due ..to let my people and my Nation to live and prosper with out of terror stones and murderees .Judea Samara our ..and we been on the land 3000 years ..and we be there many more...Abbas every morning wake up and come up with a different dream ......demand treats ...who we negotiating ?....Oslo dead ...
38. Wonderful news !!!!!!
Ben S ,   Free World   (04.20.14)
Egypt can have Gaza, and parts of the west bank will be given to Jordan. Palestinians and their friends can now sort it out. They may not like the end result, because Israel treats them better than Egypt or Jordan. It's time this welfare state stood on its own.
39. Um, you successfully got Palestine recognized as a state!
Serge ,   Montreal, Canada   (04.20.14)
States don't simply abandon their self-governance, no matter how embryonic that self-governance is. It's International Law 101.
40. fine, throw out the rotten fatah gang with abbas
salim   (04.20.14)
shimon peres, who brought us olso with his ph.d. flop beilin, will now face his retirement realizing that olso is finished, gone. Abbas and the tunis corrupt gang if there ever was one, threaten to dismantle. Fine- you will be marched out and fast when this is happening, removed of all guns. And you will be dumped back in tunis. israel will deal with what's left.
41. ABBAS , A Saint, threatens to scrap PA
Norbus ,   Jerusalem   (04.20.14)
We can now try The Israeli Solution
42. The leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization/PLO
יבי, קצרין   (04.20.14)
that came to this country in 1994 based on a commitment to seek peace, has only manged to stock more oil in the fire of strife and destruction. And, without any hesitation, this leadership continues to seek the demise of the State of Israel, the liberal democratic and sovereign nation-state of the Jewish people; and, the "cleansing" of our ancestral homeland of its Jews, through all means available to it: terror, extortion and deception are all included. It is high time we permit these gangsters who are based on Ramallah to depart. Let them go back to Tunis, or alternatively to Gaza or Damascus. We are not apprehensive about their departure, in fact, we welcome it!!
43. Not first time
Serge ,   Antwerp, Belgium   (04.20.14)
It is not the first time such threats are made. It is like Mahmood Abbas saying he will resign.
44. I wish the
Sara ,   New York   (04.20.14)
Palestinian choose a leader .. ..MUDAR ZAKRAN ...Shalom Salamat Time long over due ..to let my people and my Nation to live and prosper with out of terror stones and murderees .Judea Samara our ..and we been on the land 3000 years ..and we be there many more...Abbas every morning wake up and come up with a different dream ......demand treats ...who we negotiating ?....Oslo dead ...
45. The "two state final solution" would be DEAD
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (04.20.14)
for GOOD !!!!
46. If he were serious he'd threaten elections
Alon   (04.20.14)
Only the anti Zionist radical left feels threatened by his wimpy ultimatum. Abbas lacks the cojones and has his hand to deep in the till to give up the gravy train
47. Urgent - IDF must take PA ARMs ASAP
bb   (04.20.14)
Israel must rush and take control over the´ security forces´. With tousands of rifles without command. If the security forces would like another job, they can joint the police under Israel law
48. So will Abbas take his millions and return to Tunisia?
Raymond in DC ,   Washington, USA   (04.20.14)
I suspect not. Reportedly, he - like many "Palestinian" leaders - has Jordanian citizenship. So maybe he, with the millions he and his sons managed to accumulate, will find a nice place to retire. Or maybe he'll join Suha Arafat in Paris. Abbas is being very clever. He knows Israel doesn't want to (re)take responsibility for the Arabs of the West Bank. It's the same reason Israel hasn't called for the dismantling of UNRWA - they don't want the responsibility falling on Israel. Israel also knows that if Israel takes over, the Billions coming in today to support the Palestinians - from the UN, the EU and the US - will stop.
49. Please make good on this threat, Abbas.
Chaim ,   Israel   (04.20.14)
How can Israel live without the terrorist P.A.? Very very well. Abbas, please make good on your threat to dismantle the P.A.
50. dissolve the PA Abbas is a king dissolve it he is a nobody
zionist forever   (04.20.14)
He is constantly making this threat every time he doesn't get his own way but doesn't. This time I think its safe to say he is bluffing. Right now Abbas feels like the most important man in the entire world joining all these UN organisations which neither the US or Israel are happy about. Kerry is practically begging him to continue the talks and the US even blaming Israel for the breakdown of talks because the last batch of prisoners were not released. He is getting prisoners released, he has his UN upgrade. At a time like this there is no way he wants to step down, he wants to hurt Israel through the UN show what a big strong man he is not say I give up Israel won in the end the political battle time to just pack it all in dissolve the PA and just become a nobody who lives under Israeli military law who history will forget.
51. Is that a threat or a promise?
M. Davison ,   Ra'anana, Israel   (04.20.14)
52. #22. Lynx, you can pretend you're in "Palestine"
Chaim ,   Israel   (04.20.14)
But in reality, all the cities you named are Israeli. Palestine is forever fictional. Happy fantasies.
53. It means giving up milking the west...
Jack ,   San Diego, USA   (04.21.14)
...Abbas and his surrounding gangsters will never dismantle the racketeering organization that operates under the guise of "authority".
54. Threatening and doing so?
Sjoerd van der Velde ,   Hoorn, Holland   (04.20.14)
Mahmoud Abbas, much luck and success. Almost all of us know that the state/land of Israel is between the river and the sea. May Israel be a state forever and always!
55. dissolve the PA & emperor Abbas becomes mr nobody Abbas
zionist forever   (04.20.14)
Abbas regularly threatens to dismantle the PA if he is not getting his own way but never goes ahead with it this time though we can be sure its a bluff. Since he got his UN upgrade and he is joining all kinds of UN organisations Abbas has been feeling like the most important man in the world threatening Bibi and Kerry its like nobody can stand up to him. Dissolve the PA now and he looses all that and he will go from feeling like the most powerful man in the world to just another arab although its unlikely he will stay in Rammalah more likely he will take his millions go to somewhere like Bahrain buy an expensive house leave his former subjects to rot. I think its safe to say Abbas is in no hurry to give up his power.
56. There are plenty youg Palestinians
Yaara ,   Israel   (04.20.14)
There is plenty young Palestinians who love to get rid off the corrupt Fatah and PLO. Young people would like to live like we live in Israel. And they know that with Abbas this will not happen. They need to get rid off them and start building prosperous society that either wants to be part of State of Israel or of their own state when the right time comes.
57. no. 36 - do you invite the Arab of Mecca to occupy America?
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58. Declaring Palestine occupied from river to sea is brilliant
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.20.14)
...makes '67 borders moot, changes Status Quo from fight over land, to a civil rights movement, voting rights movement, in Palestine Israel. 18 not mine.
59. Dismantle Palestinian Authority
Harold ,   USA   (04.20.14)
This step should have been done after the death Arafat. There is no way for the two state solution as long as the world politicians are bribed by certain minority groups. Now money is more precious and important than peace.
60. #41 Caroline Glick is the author of . . .
JB ,   SoCal   (04.20.14)
. . . the book to which you refer, Norbus: "The Israeli Solution." It just arrived from Amazon yesterday; the Preface alone was incredibly uplifting. Thank you Ms Glick, and may your ideas become reality. !כל הכבוד Shalom from Goylandia . . .
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