- Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen
- January 16, 2020
- Paper No. 1409
The diplomatic campaign Mahmoud Abbas has been waging for a decade and a half is no less dangerous to Israel than the โarmed struggleโ led by Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip. With the growing influence of Iran and the advent of a new array of threats on Israelโs borders to the north and south, renewing negotiations with Abbas on the basis of the Barak-Olmert framework would entail an existential threat to Israel.