Member of Fatah Central Committee Abbas Zaki declared that the Palestinians will teach Israel a “big lesson” if it treats them with disdain

Member of Fatah Central Committee Abbas Zaki declared on Thursday that the Palestinians will teach Israel a “big lesson” if it treats them with disdain, reported The Jerusalem Post.

Zaki also warned Israel against ignoring UN resolutions pertaining to the Israeli-Arab conflict while addressing Fatah supporters in Nablus on the 47th anniversary of the founding of the faction.

Zaki said he wished to remind Israelis that “one day the Palestinians defeated Israel with stones” – a reference to the first intifada that erupted in 1987.

On Wednesday, another top Fatah official, Mahmoud al-Aloul, urged Palestinians to prepare for “popular resistance” against the Israeli occupation.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority said it was studying Israel’s response to the Palestinian proposals regarding borders and security.

Nimer Hammad, political adviser to PA President Mahmoud Abbas, said that Israeli envoy Yitzhak Molcho, who met with chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat in Amman this week, presented “points and observations” about the Palestinian view on the two core issues.

“The Palestinian Authority promised to study the [Israeli] response and give an answer during the next exploratory meeting [between the two sides],” Hammad said.

Israel also promised to seriously study the Palestinian stance on security and borders, he added.