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He has temporarily freezing tax revenues in mind. Doing so is easily "reversible." Israel wants Palestinian enforcers paid. They're needed. They're complicit in assuring occupation harshness.
Settlement construction will continue unimpeded. So will land theft and dispossessions. Palestinians will be forced off their own property. Their homes will be demolished. Jewish development will replace them.
Hundreds of new housing units will be announced. Illegal outposts will be authorized. Palestine will be shrunk in size to near extinction. UN status Palestine gets will be impotent to stop it.
Washington and Israel plan it that way. Expect Abbas to acquiesce. He always does. The fix is in. Palestinians always end up on the short end. Some day things will change. When, who knows.
A Final Comment
On November 27, at around 2PM regional time, Haaretz headlined "Israel-US efforts to soften wording of Palestinian UN bid has failed, official says."
Abbas submitted his draft days earlier. PA negotiator Saeb Erekat said language won't change. Perhaps it doesn't matter. What's proposed is weak. The text left much to be desired.
Haaretz said Palestinians refused new language to "prevent them from filing (ICC) criminal charges"."
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