As a governing authority, the Palestinian Authority was able to claim, once, and once again, that it does not control acts against Israel that come from its borders. The PA kept stating that acts by fringe groups such as Hamas and other Jihadies, are out of its control.
As a sovereign state, the Government of such state, will be responsible for all acts from within its border, and may be faced with a formal state of war which Israel.
If such situation develops, Israel may just welcome a formal war to use as a vehicle for “adjusting it borders,” something that it would dearly, and for good reasons, like to do.
The Palestinian authorities may wish to thing long and hard before declaring statehood, because with statehood comes responsibility, and risks, that they may well not be ready to assume.
