The Palestinian Authority is facing a supreme test of its credibility.

Egypt is a big country which claims to respect the agreements it signs,

It is inconceivable that Egypt as a sovereign country does not control its border.

Egypt ... has to impose down to the smallest detail a regime of security ... to stop smuggling, to stop breaches of its sovereignty. As far as I understand the Egyptians they are determined to do that,

They look like they're running a system which has neither law nor order, neither organization nor authority.

But if he is on the brink of extinction, he certainly may take suicidal steps involving the launching of a few missiles against Israel,