President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority announced today that the PA would no longer accept the tax revenues collected by Israel and given to the PA each month. It comes to about $200 million per month. Abbas says that the PA cannot accept the cash because the Israelis have started to withhold 5% of the total because that is the amount that the PA pays to the families of terrorists who have been killed while attacking Israeli civilians.
This reminds me of a child who announces that he is going to hold his breath until you do what he wants. Usually, that doesn't last too long. Abbas, without the cash collected by Israel, will have essentially no power. His government will not be able to function without paying its work force. How long will the security forces stay on the job once their paychecks end? What will protect the PA installations from an attack and takeover by Hamas? The answer is that Israeli forces will have to move back into control of the West Bank areas that are now under the control of the PA. It will not be a move that the average Palestinian will like, but it will be one that Abbas can take full credit for doing.
Hopefully, Abbas will soon go. The guy is a moron.
This reminds me of a child who announces that he is going to hold his breath until you do what he wants. Usually, that doesn't last too long. Abbas, without the cash collected by Israel, will have essentially no power. His government will not be able to function without paying its work force. How long will the security forces stay on the job once their paychecks end? What will protect the PA installations from an attack and takeover by Hamas? The answer is that Israeli forces will have to move back into control of the West Bank areas that are now under the control of the PA. It will not be a move that the average Palestinian will like, but it will be one that Abbas can take full credit for doing.
Hopefully, Abbas will soon go. The guy is a moron.
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