Ya’alon: If it weren’t for our presence, the PA would collapse

“If it weren’t for the Israeli army’s military activity in the West Bank, the PA would have collapsed like it did in the Gaza Strip,” Israeli Minister of Defence Moshe Ya’alon said.

The statement was made during a celebration held at the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Tel Aviv marking the Jewish holiday, Sukkot. He also said: “The PA relies on Israel for security and economically.”

He considered Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s speech before the UN General Assembly yesterday as “full of lies and incitement and he avoids responsibility”.

“The PA, which threatens not to implement the Oslo Accords, is the one who violated it after it was signed.”