(Israel Hayom) Dan Margalit - Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas' threat to close down shop is largely an empty one. Abbas does not want to step down. And if he gets into a situation in which he has no choice but to carry out the threat that he did not intend to fulfill, none of his younger counterparts in the PA would allow him to do so. Abbas can jump into the abyss, but his political family will not follow him. Abbas does not have the power to dismantle the PA.
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