Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's recent threats to declare an independent PA state unilaterally received support from unexpected quarters Tuesday.

MK Uri Ariel of the National Union called on the PA chairman to go ahead and declare statehood as fast as possible.

"I pray for Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, to declare a state unilaterally,” he said. “That is the only way we can finally annul the wretched Oslo accord, which exacted a price in blood and brought the PLO terrorists into the State of Israel."

“A statement of this nature means that the government will have no choice but to annex all of the communities in Judea and Samaria,” said MK Ariel. “In practice,” he added, “it will have to annex the entire region and formally turn it into a part of the state of Israel.” 

Abbas said recently that he intended to take the Palestinian matter to the UN Security Council.