The Palestinian Authority on Monday condemned as "barbaric" Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's statements about PA President Mahmoud Abbas.Accusing Lieberman of being a "thug," Abbas advisor Nimer Hammad said that the foreign minister was "speaking with a jungle mentality."RELATED: console.log("BODY2. CatId is:"+catID);if(catID==120){console.log("BODY. YES for anyclip script");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.js'; script.setAttribute('pubname','jpostcom'); script.setAttribute('widgetname','0011r00001lcD1i_12258'); document.getElementsByClassName('divAnyClip')[0].appendChild(script);}else if(catID!=69 && catID!=2){console.log("BODY. YES for vidazoo script");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none"; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://static.vidazoo.com/basev/vwpt.js'; script.setAttribute('data-widget-id','60fd6becf6393400049e6535'); document.getElementsByClassName('divVidazoo')[0].appendChild(script); }'Construction freeze would be ethnic cleansing' Erekat tells Quartet Israel is impeding peace Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told reporters in Jerusalem on Monday, that It would be a blessing if Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas quit his position, adding that the PA president is a hurdle to peace."It is [Abbas] who is the stumbling block to peace and not the settlements," he said. Hammad expressed "regret" that Israelis had voted for someone like Lieberman. "The real obstacle to peace is not President Abbas or the Palestinian policy, but Israeli policies and Lieberman's arrogant statements," he said.Abbas's Fatah faction also denounced Lieberman's statements and warned that any harm caused to the PA president would "turn the region upside down."Fatah described the statements as "state terrorism practiced by the occupation government."Fatah spokesman Ahmed Assaf claimed that Lieberman's statements were aimed at paving the road for targeting Abbas.