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Erekat calls to disband 'Palestinian Authority'

Former 'Palestinian' chief negotiator bottle washer Saeb Erekat has said that the 'Palestinian Authority' cannot function without a reichlet, and that if no reichlet is declared in September, the 'Palestinian Authority' should be disbanded.

Erekat said that if the United States continued to stymie the Palestinian efforts to get a state recognized by the United Nations, the Palestinian Authority should be dismantled.

"[PA President Mahmoud Abbas] should throw the keys in their faces," Erekat said.

The conference of Palestinian representatives that has been taking place during the past few days is part of the PA's preparation for the expected vote in the UN General Assembly in September to recognize "Palestine," based on the pre-1967 borders, as a state that will not be a full UN member.

"If the United States wants the Palestinian Authority to continue to exist, then the price is the establishment of a Palestinian state in keeping with the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital," Erekat told the envoys, according to a transcript of his remarks that appeared in the Al-Ayam newspaper.

"But if the United States vetoes accepting Palestine to the United Nations in the Security Council, uses its financial aid to the PA as political blackmail and leaves Israel as the source of authority, then in my opinion, the PA must cease to exist."

Haaretz revealed Monday that National Security Adviser Yaakov Amidror was weighing the cancellation of the Oslo Accords after the UN vote, as a response to the Palestinians' unilateral moves.

Erekat responded by saying "Israel's actions in the field effectively canceled Oslo years ago," and told the emissaries that the entire 20-year peace process with Israel should be reevaluated.

That's fine. Disband the PA, annex Judea and Samaria and let whatever 'Palestinians' want to stay there have autonomy but no right to vote in Israel.

What could go wrong?

Labels: Palestinian Authority, Palestinian state RIGHT NOW syndrome, Saeb Erekat, unilateral declaration of statehood

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:49 AM