Senior Fatah official in unusual statement: "The trap we prepared for Israel"

A senior Fatah official in Lebanon, Basel Abu Shahba, revealed in an interview with a television channel of a terrorist organization what he called a "trap" that the Palestinian leadership prepared for Israel within the framework of the two-state solution. According to him, the establishment of a Palestinian state will lead within 20 years to the development of capabilities that will compete with those of Israel and will bring about the disappearance of the Israeli entity.

A senior Fatah official in Lebanon, Basel Abu Shahba, revealed in an interview with the television channel of the terrorist organization what he described as a "trap" that the Palestinian leadership prepared for Israel within the framework of the two-state solution. According to him, the establishment of this entity will allow the Palestinians to develop within 20 years capabilities that will compete with those of Israel, including an air force and industry. Abu Shahba claimed that a declaration of a Palestinian state means the disappearance of the Israeli entity and of global Zionism. The remarks were published on Channel 14, which is identified with the Israeli political right, and are quoted without a counter-position or analysis of the broader context.