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Elliott Abrams: This notion that, well, we cannot do this because there will be disorder in the West Bank or the Palestinian Authority…

On the recordJuly 11, 2017
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.
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Elliott Abrams

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Abrams dismisses concerns about the collapse of the Palestinian Authority due to aid cuts.

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