It is will be complicated for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to carry out his threats to withdraw from all signed agreements with Israel.
Although Palestinian officials from the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said that the implementation occurred on the spot, but no quick changes are expected to take place on the ground.
The Palestinian authority seems to be mobilizing an international campaign to inform world countries about the reasons behind its decision to step out of all agreements before implementing it. This is kind of a "final warning."
Abbas held a phone call Wednesday with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and briefed him on the authority’s decision to withdraw from all agreements signed with the occupation force.
The Palestinian president bureau said that he will intensify contacts on all levels with the Arab, international and UN leaders to mobilize an international stance against the annexation.
PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat also called German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Vatican Secretary for Relations with States Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher and they discussed Palestinian matters. Also, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh contacted Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide.
Reliable sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that this decision will be followed by detailed meetings to discuss possible means to implement it. This will occur gradually.
The Palestinian PM held an urgent meeting Wednesday to discuss ways to abolish the agreements. He is also set to meet Palestinian security bodies to discuss security deals.
Shtayyeh announced that given that Israel expressed on several occasions its intention to annex parts of the West Bank, then this abolishes all signed agreements and ends the two-state solution.
