The Palestine Chronicle / June 26, 2023
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented on the future of the Palestinian Authority, expressing concern over the weakening positions of its 87-year-old president, Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli media reported on Monday.
According to the Israeli state-owned television Kan, Netanyahu said in his remarks at the Israeli Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that Israel had no interest in the collapse of the PA.
“We need the Palestinian Authority. We cannot allow it to collapse. We also do not want it to collapse. We are ready to help it financially,” Netanyahu was quoted as saying.
“Where it succeeds in operating, it does the job for us,” he added.
Israel’s PM also said that Israel is “preparing for the day after” Abbas, who doesn’t have a successor. In relation to the Palestinian aspirations for an independent state, Netanyahu reportedly stated that “their ambition for a state must be suppressed.”
