By Nadine OsmanLondon, (The Muslim News): Israeli Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has vowed to push for the collapse of the Palestinian Authority (PA) by economically “strangulating” it, in a bid to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state. Meanwhile, the UK is to announce its recognition of Palestinian state on Sunday or early Monday morning. “I will act using all the tools at my disposal to prevent the danger of a Palestinian state, including the collapse of the Palestinian Authority, through economic strangulation,” Smotrich wrote on the social media platform X yesterday. He added, “The entire essence of the Palestinian Authority is the pursuit of the destruction of Israel. Photo: Smoke billows over Gaza City following Israeli airstrikes on al-Jalaa Street, a residential area sheltering thousands of displaced Palestinians.