<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[PA to &#8216;reconsider cooperation with&nbsp;Israel&#8217;]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=463250" target="_blank">MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 26 2012</a></strong></p>
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<div id="BODYdiv"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="76757" data-permalink="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/02/26/pa-to-reconsider-cooperation-with-israel/165792_345x230/" data-orig-file="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/165792_345x230.jpg" data-orig-size="345,227" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="165792_345x230" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/165792_345x230.jpg?w=345" data-large-file="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/165792_345x230.jpg?w=345" class="alignright  wp-image-76757" title="165792_345x230" src="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/165792_345x230.jpg?w=201&#038;h=132" alt="" width="201" height="132" srcset="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/165792_345x230.jpg?w=201&amp;h=132 201w, https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/165792_345x230.jpg 345w" sizes="(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px" />BETHLEHEM (Ma&#8217;an) &#8212; The Palestinian Authority is planning to reconsider its security, political and economic agreements with Israel in the coming days, a PLO official said on Sunday.</p>
<p>After exploratory talks with Israel ended without agreement, the PLO Executive Committee has agreed to take a number of measures to jolt the current stalemate.</p>
<p>PLO officials protest that they cannot enter negotiations while Israel builds settlements on lands needed for a viable Palestinian state. The PA complained that Israel&#8217;s approval of 500 new settler homes and retroactive approval of 200 more in the northern West Bank last week is &#8220;stark indication of Israel’s policy to continue occupying the West Bank.&#8221;</p>
<p>In an interview with Egyptian channel CBC on Friday, President Mahmoud Abbas said the PA was planning a &#8220;major decision&#8221; in no more than 10 days, in response to the talks&#8217; failure.</p>
<p>PLO Executive Committee Hanna Amira told Ma&#8217;an the PA will reconsider its cooperation with Israel, and reactivate popular resistance against Israel&#8217;s occupation. It will also consider taking its case to the UN General Assembly and Security Council.</p>
<p>&#8220;All alternatives are open in future, but that does not necessarily mean disbanding the PA,&#8221; he added, referring to past threats to dissolve the Palestinian government.</p>
<p>Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Qays Abdul-Karim told Ma&#8217;an Abbas&#8217;s measures would not break past agreements, but reevaluate their terms.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Israeli government has turned its back on all agreements and continues to impose facts on the ground through settlement expansion and the Judaization of Jerusalem … this cannot continue,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Without any further talks on the horizon, the PA cannot continue to carry out its duties, Abdul-Karim added.</p>
<p>The PA government was given temporary jurisdiction within limited areas of self-rule in the 1993 Oslo Accords.</p>
<p>The measures intend to press the international community to meet its obligations to the peace process and push Israel to adhere to international agreements, Abdul-Karim said.</p>
<p>&#8220;Otherwise, we will not be responsible for the tension and instability if Israel continues to deny us our rights,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>No Israeli response to these moves could make the situation any worse than it is at present, the DFLP official said.</p>
<p>Israel froze the transfer of tax revenues to the PA &#8212; collected by Israel on the Palestinian government&#8217;s behalf under international agreements &#8212; twice in 2011 when faction leaders agreed to end their four-year division.</p>
<p>The Arab League has largely accepted the Palestinian plans, and will protect the PA financially if Israel withholds tax again, Abdul-Karim said.</p>
<p>But Amira said Palestinian officials expect little support from the Arab League and Arab countries because of their current focus on the situation in Syria.</p></div>
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