Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala), a former leader of the Palestinian Authority's legislative body and its current chief negotiator, issued a threat Sunday to the effect that the PA may push for a single binational state in the Land of Israel, rather than the "two-state solution" that forms the basis for the US-sponsored Road Map. 
The theme has been repeated several times over the years in official and unofficial PA forums and statements.
Speaking in a closed meeting in Ramallah with fellow members of the Fatah terrorist organization, which controls the PA in Judea and Samaria, Abu Ala expressed disappointment with the ongoing talks with Israel. He said that if Israel will not concede to PA demands, "then the Palestinian demand for the Palestinian people and its leadership (would be) one state, a binational state."
Until now, Abu Ala said, "The Palestinian leadership has been working on establishing a Palestinian state within the '67 borders."
Later in the day, Abu Ala's office issued a press release detailing PA negotiations with Israel and warning that Israel's continued reluctance to agree to PA demands would lead to a PA push for a binational state. Currently, the PA demands include the creation of an Arab state in Judea, Samaria, Gaza and Jerusalem, as well as the influx of Arab refugee-camp dwellers into Israel. According to PA demands, however, the lands turned over to the Arab side should be emptied of Jewish communities.
Last week, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met for the latest in a series of discussions aimed at developing a PA-Israel document of understandings. Late last month, Prime Minister Olmert told the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, "Israel is the Jewish national home, while Palestine is the Palestinian national home...."
Just How Much of a Threat Is It?
It is not clear how much of a threat a binational state is to the Israeli people. A poll carried out by KEEVOON Research, Strategy & Communications in late July, indicated that just 7 percent of Israeli Jews consider "demographic issues" to be the "greatest threat facing Israel." The survey was conducted among 500 Jewish Israelis over 18 years of age. The top three threats, of approximately equal concern to Israelis, were regional countries, corruption and poverty.
Sunday's statement by Abu Ala was far from the first time PA spokesmen have "threatened" Israel with a binational state. The theme has been repeated several times over the years in official and unofficial PA forums and statements, under the assumption that it would coerce Israel to give in to PA demands rather than face a situation in which Israel becomes a de facto Arab state because of high Arab birthrates.
However, statistics released towards the end of last year indicated that there is little or no threat that Israel will be converted into an Arab state by dint of Arab fertility rates alone, according to an American-Israeli research group.