PA bid will bring Hamas to power in WB

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the Palestinian Authority bid for statehood at the UN Security Council will lead to Hamas taking over the West Bank, the Anadolu Agency reported.

Israeli radio quoted Netanyahu's remarks were made at his office on Wednesday.

He said: "Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas thinks he can threaten us with unilateral steps. He doesn't understand that the result will be a Hamas takeover of" the West Bank.

"We won't let that happen. We will never agree to unilateral diktats. We will always maintain our security," he vowed.

Meanwhile, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman described the PA draft resolution, which was submitted to the UN Security Council last night, as a destructive step.

During his visit to Prague, he told reporters that "a comprehensive solution to the conflict can only be achieved through negotiations".

Also, member of the Israeli parliament Miri Regev launched a harsh attack against Abbas, saying since "Abbas chose to partner with the United Nations to establish a Palestinian State; we will continue to punish him even if we have to dismantle the Palestinian Authority."