Likud Member of Knesset Carmel Shama is the latest to weigh in on the threat by senior Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat on Sunday that the PA would unilaterally declare statehood. Shama said during Monday's meeting of the Likud Knesset faction that "Unilateral Palestinian declaration of a Palestinian state west of Jordan is meaningless and will constitute another mistake of the Palestinian leadership, which insists on not missing an opportunity to make a mistake."
He continued,"Even if the Palestinians declared an empire, the most they would get would be a Monopoly state. Israel does not have to react to meaningless declarations but it's clearly breaking the ground rules, a Palestinian situation that will give Israel a new spectrum of reactions."