 Israel is prepared for a possible "collapse" in the Palestinian Authority that could render Mahmoud Abbas incapable of imposing law and order.
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A senior Israeli official, speaking to AFP on Sunday, said: "We are prepared for a possible collapse in the Palestinian Authority that could risk seeing Mahmoud Abbas unable to impose law and order on the ground as well as within his own Fatah party. "At this point, Mahmoud Abbas is so weak in relation to Hamas that he is unable to implement the smallest decision."
| He's so weak with respect to anyone that he can't implement the smallest decision. His mother tries to avoid talking about him. His kids slap him around. His wife cheats on him and sends him videotapes. His cat poops in his shoes. |
The powerful Hamas movement is gearing up to contest its first Palestinian parliamentary election on 25 January, posing a serious challenge to Fatah's decade-long death grip on power. The official accused the Palestinian leader of being content to point the finger at Israel. "We cannot always blame others for our own weakness," he said. Israel's liberal Haaretz newspaper on Sunday quoted senior military officials as saying that Abbas was at an all-time political low since succeeding Yasser Arafat, who died in November 2004.
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