Ya'alon: EU boycott better than PA rockets

Zionist regime's 'defense' minister Moshe Ya'alon has said that foreign pressure would be better than a failed compromise with the Palestinian Authority as the latter might lead to firing of rockets in to Israel from the West Bank.

"If faced with a choice between foreign pressure or a failed compromise with the Palestinian Authority (PA), leading to rockets from Jenin and Ramallah...on Ben Gurion Airport, then a European boycott is preferable."

Speaking at a committee of the newspaper Calcalist about the PA talks, Ya'alon opposed 'harmful' compromises to the PA, saying "whoever experienced wars truly wants there to be peace. But sometimes particularly this positive tendency confuses us."

Ya'alon also spoke about the Sunday rocket attacks from Lebanon, saying intelligence reports indicate the attack was carried out by extremist groups fighting Hezbollah "with the goal of drawing Israel into retaliating against Hezbollah amid Lebanese sectarian conflicts."

The minister said the PA conflict will not be solved on the 1949 Armistice lines. "Mahmoud Abbas, who is thought to be a moderate among them, will not dare say that if we reach a territorial compromise on agreed lines that will be the end of the conflict and an end to the claims."

The Israeli authority said Abbas will not recognize Israel as the 'national homeland' of Jews. "Their intention is to achieve what they want to achieve, and to continue the struggle," he said.