She added if Abbas does not step back from the edge of the cliff, Israel will slap sanctions on Ramallah.
What can Israel do?
First of all, it can withhold from Ramallah tax revenues it collects for goods flowing into the Palestinian Authority from the rest of Israel. That amounts to tens of millions of dollar a month.
Israel can also go to court to collect the millions of dollars the Palestinian Authority owes the Israel Electric Company for electricity.
Not even the European Union would be able to make up the difference. Saudi Arabia could, but it won’t.
Maybe Tehran can help Abbas.
Before that happens, the Arab League will meet next week and after counting the damage the Palestinian Authority has done to itself, it could try to put Humpty Dumpty back together again and give him back his straight jacket.
If it does, Livni will be first in line to say it was all a misunderstanding.
If it doesn’t, the road shows move to the United Nations, which gives mad men a lot more room to ride wild broncos.
