Tornado Alley (PROG)

[StephanieVanbryce]

What will Israel do after the U.N. vote? ... HA!

I just found out they were making some pretty harsh statements about just what they were gonna do! ... it must be awful to be their neighbor...


Israel threatens to overthrow Abbas over Palestinian statehood bid

Foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman says alternative would be 'raising a white flag' as cabinet considers action after UN vote

November 14th 2012

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Foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman says UN recognition of Palestine 'will destroy Israeli deterrence and harm its credibility'. Photograph: Gali Tibbon/AFP/Getty Images

Israel should topple the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, if he presses ahead with a request for recognition of the state of Palestine by the United Nations general assembly in two weeks' time, the hardline foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has urged.

In a draft paper distributed to the media, Lieberman argued that overthrowing the Palestinian leadership was Israel's only viable option, faced with the certainty of an overwhelming vote in support of the Palestinian bid.

"A reality in which the United Nations recognises a Palestinian state according to a unilateral process will destroy all Israeli deterrence and completely harm its credibility," the paper said.

"Although this step is not simple, considering the implications that Israel will have to deal with, the only other option in this case would be the toppling of Abbas's government … The other option, of containment or a softer response, would be seen as raising a white flag."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/14/israeli-minister-threatens-abbas-un