US to Abbas: Shuttering PA 'would have grave implications'

[Jefferson23]

State Department spokeswoman warns 'dissolving the PA is not in interest of Palestinians' as Abbas proposal would have implications for US relations, aid.

April 21, 2014


WASHINGTON – The US administration warned the Palestinian leadership Monday night not to proceed with a proposal to dismantle the Palestinian Authority – or risk damaging their ties to Washington.

"Those kinds of extreme measures would have grave implications," said State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki. The harsh American threat to the PA followed Yedioth Ahronoth's report that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was considering shuttering the PA's government if the peace process did not yield results.


The move would leave Israel responsible for two-and-a-half million Palestinians.

Psaki said the US was aware of the reports, but that "dissolving the Palestinian Authority is not in the interest of the Palestinians."

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4511739,00.html

[shaayecanaan]

1. No shit

probably not a credible threat anyway at this point in time. But it may come to that.

[Jefferson23]

2. You never know what you may need to stop a near certain catastrophe.

The US has imposed more than a few.