The Palestinian Abandonment of Oslo Agreements Window of Opportunity? - by Dr. Aaron Lerner

On the simplest level, this Palestinian move would relieve Israel from the need to continue with current policy of postponing substantive Israeli action until after President Trump's team concedes that the "Deal of the Century" is dead.

Dr. Aaron Lerner..
IMRA Weekly Commentary..
27 August '19..
Link: http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=73540

A committee composed of the PLO’s Executive Committee, Fatah’s Central Committee and the PA is set to meet to draw up concrete mechanisms with a specific timeline for the implementation of the Palestinian leadership’s decision to suspend ALL the agreements signed with Israel - including
security cooperation.

The official PLO news agency - WAFA - noted that in apparent reference to the security coordination, Mahmoud al-Aloul, deputy chairman of President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement told Voice of Palestine radio today that "The Palestinian leadership's decision to suspend the agreements signed with Israel includes all the agreements signed with it and does not exclude anything."

If indeed the Palestinians are serious about this, the challenge for Israeli leadership today is to exploit this unilateral Palestinian move to Israel's benefit rather than detriment.

On the simplest level, this Palestinian move would relieve Israel from the need to continue with current policy of postponing substantive Israeli action until after President Trump's team concedes that the "Deal of the Century" is dead.



This would be a significant gain for the Jewish State since the second round of Israeli elections has served to postpone the presentation, discussion and ultimate demise of the "Deal of the Century" to the point that this process could extend into the 2020 American elections window.

The Palestinian move would also serve to focus the Israeli elections on addressing the post-Oslo challenge.

This would no doubt energize the national camp.

If Mahmoud Abbas isn't bluffing he is giving Prime Minster Binyamin Netanyahu what could turn out to be a pivotal election campaign gift.
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