Israel may topple Palestine prez Abbas: Report

November 14, 2012 20:08

Israel will offer some sops to the President Mahmoud Abbas-led Palestinian Authority to lure him to give up on his United Nations bid to receive a non-member state status, failing which the Jewish state will opt to topple him, a media report has said.

An Israeli foreign ministry position paper states that should the PA bid come out successful later in November, the only viable option would be "to overthrow Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas," Ynetnews reported.

The paper, drafted ahead of the Palestinians' November 29 UN bid, said that "a soft response would be tantamount to an Israeli admission that it cannot handle the challenge".

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