by Khaled Abu Toameh
• October 7, 2016 at 5:30 am
- The
unprecedented outcry over Abbas's participation in the funeral of an
Israeli leader is further proof of the degree to which Palestinians
have been radicalized.
- This is what
happens when you unleash a tidal wave of hate against Israel and its
leaders in the media, mosques and public rhetoric. In light of this
brainwashing, how do you expect your people to respond when you, in
any way, associate with an Israeli leader?
- If attending
the funeral of an Israeli leader, especially one who devoted the
past two decades of his life to peace between Israel and the
Palestinians, draws such condemnation, it is easy to imagine the
result of a Palestinian leader making a peace overture to Israel.
- Even if the
current condemnation eventually dies down, it will have sent a
message to future Palestinian leaders: "No peace with Israel,
not in our time, and not in any time."
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas shakes
hands with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the funeral of
Shimon Peres, a former president of Israel, on September 30. Abbas is
facing a barrage of criticism for attending the funeral, with members of
his own party calling it "treason." (Image source: Ruptly video
screenshot)
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is facing a
barrage of criticism for attending the funeral of former Israeli
President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem. The fury directed towards Abbas
comes as no surprise to those who are familiar with the unrelenting
campaign of anti-Israel incitement that has been taking place for many
years in Palestinian society.
If attending the funeral of an Israeli leader, especially one who
devoted the past two decades of his life to peace between Israel and the
Palestinians, draws such condemnation, it is easy to imagine the result
of a Palestinian leader making a peace overture to Israel.
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