- Israel threatened to take unilateral moves against Palestinians if it adheres to international treaties adding that empty threats or unilateral moves will not help them in getting a state.
- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, warned that Washington will only devote a given time and every to the talks process after, Palestine refused to withdraw the treaty applications, and Israel continued with its quid pro quo moves asking for a range of options for retaliation.
- Israel feels this was a breach of the commitment that Palestine offered following re-launch of peace talks in which they agreed to pursue no other avenues for recognition of their promised state.
- Palestine pointed that this treaty was in response to Israel having defaulted its own promise of releasing a fourth and final batch of prisoners.
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