by Bassam Tawil • January 13, 2017 at 1:30 pm
- Abbas here lied
twice. First, it is a lie that he is prepared to return to the
negotiating table with Israel. In the past few years, Abbas has
repeatedly rejected Israeli offers to resume the stalled peace
negotiations.
- Abbas's chief
negotiator, Saeb Erekat, claimed this week that his boss was ready
to resume the peace talks with Israel in Moscow....Indeed, Abbas had
"earlier" voiced his readiness to meet with Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu in Moscow. But Abbas once again outlined his
preconditions for such a summit... This means that Abbas has not
abandoned his preconditions for resuming the peace talks with
Israel. The timing of Erekat's announcement in Moscow is clearly
linked to the Paris peace conference. It is part of the Palestinian
strategy to depict Israel as the party opposed to the resumption of
the peace talks.
- Abbas has in
the past reluctantly condemned some of the terror attacks against
Israel. But these statements were made under duress, after being
pressured by the US or EU.
- In fact, his
"condemnations" are nothing but political pablum, a sop to
the West.
- The Palestinian
terrorist who rammed his truck into a group of young Israeli
soldiers last week was doing exactly what his president urged
Palestinians to do.
- The Germans and
French should not believe Abbas when he says that he condemns truck
terror attacks in their countries. The scenes of Palestinians
celebrating carnage in Jerusalem should serve as a wake-up call to
the international community. The message of the call? That the
overall Palestinian strategy – like the jihad strategy - is built on
lies. Both continue to feature terror as one their main pillars.
- What members of
the international community do not seem to understand is that...
[t]he terrorist who rammed his truck into a German Christmas market
did not carry out his attack in outrage at a German settlement or a
checkpoint. The terrorist who mowed down French people celebrating
Bastille day was not protesting French "occupation." Abbas
and his cohorts, like the terrorists in Europe, are part of just one
big global jihad against all "infidels" – including them.
Palestinian Authority Leader Mahmoud Abbas
The Palestinian Authority and its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, still
believe that they can fool all of the people all of the time. This has
always been the Palestinian strategy: nothing new here. Yet one likes to
think that world leaders and decision-makers in the West will eventually
- perhaps today? – wake up to the fact that the Palestinians are playing
them for fools.
Last week's terror attack in Jerusalem, where a Palestinian tourist
rammed his truck into a group of soldiers, killing four and wounding
scores of others, rips the mask off of Abbas and his PA leadership in
Ramallah. By either failing or consciously refusing to condemn the terror
attack, they expose their cowardice, but, equally importantly, that
terrorism directed against Jews is just fine by them.
How differently Abbas plays his cards when the blood spilled is not
Jewish: seldom has he missed an opportunity to condemn terrorist attacks
around the world.
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