25.08.2011                      25.Aw-Elul, 5771

Politik:

Security cabinet mulls response to PA UN state bid

Jerusalem still undecided whether to announce in advance what it will do and give PA clear picture of costs.

Even as the situation along the borders with Gaza and Egypt remain tense, Wednesday's weekly security cabinet focused more on how Israel should react if the UN General Assembly passes a Palestinian statehood recognition resolution than on the state of affairs in the South, government sources said Wednesday.
According to the sources, the security cabinet was briefed on the various options available to Israel if the Palestinian Authority did go ahead with its plans to take the statehood issue to the UN. One source said that there were a "number of arrows in Israel's quill", and a decision still needed to be taken regarding which "arrow" to take out and use….