This notion that, well, we cannot do this because there will be disorder in the West Bank or the Palestinian Authority would collapse, I think it is a reasonable concern, but it is not going to happen.
Elliott Abrams: “This notion that, well, we cannot do this because there will be disorder in the West Bank or the Palestinian Authority…”
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Abrams dismisses concerns about the collapse of the Palestinian Authority due to aid cuts.
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