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| UN envoy: Israel must take Abbas threats to dismantle PA seriously |
| 2011-10-31 |
| Robert Serry tells Haaretz that in the event that the PA crumbles, Israel should not expect the international community to 'pay the bill'; does not discount possible eruption of violence in West Bank. Israel must take heed of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' threats to resign and dismantle the PA, a UN official who is close to the PA president told Haaretz, adding that the deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians could cause violence to erupt in the West Bank, and the rest of the world will not bail out Israel if that happens. "The Palestinians feel growing alienation towards the Oslo process," said Robert Serry, the UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process. "I hear many voices in Ramallah that call for the dismantling of the PA and to throw the keys back to Israel." "I don't want to sound apocalyptic - but if things go wrong don't expect the international community to bail you out," Serry said in an interview with Haaretz on Friday in his office in the UN headquarters in Jerusalem. "We will not pay the bill." Of the foreign diplomats serving in Israel and the PA, Serry, who is from the Netherlands, is considered one of the closest to Abbas. The Mideast envoy, who also serves as the UN secretary-general's personal representative to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, meets with Abbas almost every week, and like other diplomats, Serry has heard from Abbas that he intends to resign within a few months if no progress is made in negotiations. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 so Abbas is pulling the same threat as the Sheriff in Blazing Saddles? Holding his gun to his own head? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-10-31 12:08 |
| #1 Robert Serry tells Haaretz that in the event that the PA crumbles, Israel should not expect the international community to 'pay the bill' That's what we call "chutzpa". |
| Posted by: gr(o)mgoru 2011-10-31 05:27 |