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Ya'alon: September Is All About Scare Tactics
(Ynet News) Attila Somfalvi - In an interview on Monday, Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Strategic Affairs Moshe Ya'alon said that even Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is not interested in a UN declaration of the establishment of a Palestinian state. "He knows what it means to deal with Hamas without IDF assistance," he said. "Abbas would not wish for an operative decision in the UN that impedes the IDF's freedom of action in the West Bank." Ya'alon admitted that he didn't know if negotiations would resume or not: "In certain conditions he may join negotiations, but those conditions shouldn't be Israeli concessions." As for relations with Turkey, Ya'alon noted that the pressure was on the Turks. "The [UN] Palmer report doesn't benefit the Turks. That's hard for Erdogan to accept. I told the Turks outright: 'We have nothing to apologize for in light of provocations from a Turkish organization which could have been stopped by the Turkish government.' I suggest that we stand firm, we have no reason to fold."