by debkaFile
Abbas has been threatening to withdraw from the Oslo accords for years. Time will tell if he is serious this time.
The Israeli security cabinet meeting Sunday, Aug.
5, resolved not to revise its counter-terror policy for Gaza in response
to the UN-Egyptian truce plan. The statement the cabinet issued: “The
IDF is prepared for any scenario” – means that an effort will be made
for now to avoid triggering a major conflagration by an escalated
response to the Hamas’ kite-cum-balloon offensive. The ministers acted
on the advice of the IDF chief Lt. Gen. Gady Eisenkot, who proposed
continuing the measured policy of restraint, in light of reports coming
in from Gaza City that most Hamas leaders were themselves keen on a
ceasefire and the opening of the border crossings to Israel and Egypt
and for that reason would let their arson campaign peter out.
Furthermore, the broad plan, advanced by the UN emissary and Egypt for a
long-term truce in Gaza, with provisions for alleviating the
population’s hardships under Hamas rule, has collapsed after less than a
week. Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) not only
vetoed the entire project, he went a lot further; he adopted an extreme
rejectionist position against Israel and is urging Hamas to come
aboard. He argues that neither the UN nor Egypt should determine the
fate of the Gaza Strip, but only the Palestinians themselves.
Abu Mazen’s first step has been to encourage Hamas
to continue its assaults on Israel and not accept a ceasefire. It is the
first time that the PA leader has openly allied himself with the rival
Hamas’ March of Return and terror by incendiary kites and balloons. His
next step will be to declare the Palestinian Authority dissolved,
followed by the suspension of Palestinian recognition of Israel and the
annulment of the 1993 Oslo interim peace accords. In view of the
hardening of the Palestinian anti-Israel line, Israel’s policy of
restraint and containment of terror may prove to be untenable.
Source: https://www.debka.com/abbas-to-dissolve-palestinian-authority-revoke-recognition-of-israel-urges-hamas-to-join-harsh-new-line/
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