An-Najah News - A Palestinian PLO offecial warned that a third intifada (uprising) could be just around the corner if Israel goes ahead with its highly-contentious plan to annexation.

The adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Dr Nabil Shaath said “When things flare up and it becomes a fully-fledged intifada, we will see a combination of forces between Gaza and the West Bank because the two major Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah, are in agreement about a new intifada if Israel annexes the West Bank.

Shaath also noted in an intervew with France 24 Arabic that he expected the potential Palestinian uprising to be funded by the Arab world.

The US president had already given Tel Aviv the green light for the land grab in his self-proclaimed “deal of the century,” which was unveiled in January with the aim of re-drawing the Middle East map.

But  some analysts arguing that the US president already has too much on his plate to deal with in light of the upcoming elections and the COVID-19 crisis gripping the United States, and therefore is not in a situation to continue his controversial support for Netanyahu’s land grab project.

The UN, the EU and key Arab countries have all said the West Bank annexation would violate international law and undermine the prospects of establishing a sovereign Palestinian state on 1967 boundaries.