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Israel's actions have stripped the Palestinian Authority of its "raison d'etre" creating a reality which cannot continue, Mahmud Abbas will say in a letter to Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu.
In the letter, which will be delivered to Netanyahu this week, the Palestinian leader warns that "the current status quo cannot continue" and raises concerns over the slide towards a bi-national state.
"As a result of actions taken by successive Israeli governments, the Palestinian National Authority no longer has any authority, and no meaningful jurisdiction in the political, economic, territorial and security spheres," he writes in the letter, a copy of which was seen by AFP on Sunday.
"In other words, the PA lost its raison d'etre which, if it continues, will make it unable to honour its commitments," he says in reference to the multiple agreements signed with Israel since the 1993 Oslo Accords, which brought about the creation of the Palestinian Authority a year later.
PA has lost its 'raison d'etre', Abbas to tell Israel PM - Yahoo! News
In the letter, which will be delivered to Netanyahu this week, the Palestinian leader warns that "the current status quo cannot continue" and raises concerns over the slide towards a bi-national state.
"As a result of actions taken by successive Israeli governments, the Palestinian National Authority no longer has any authority, and no meaningful jurisdiction in the political, economic, territorial and security spheres," he writes in the letter, a copy of which was seen by AFP on Sunday.
"In other words, the PA lost its raison d'etre which, if it continues, will make it unable to honour its commitments," he says in reference to the multiple agreements signed with Israel since the 1993 Oslo Accords, which brought about the creation of the Palestinian Authority a year later.
PA has lost its 'raison d'etre', Abbas to tell Israel PM - Yahoo! News