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by Khaled Abu Toameh • March 7,
2018 at 5:00 am
- The Palestinians
appear to be the only ones in the Arab world who are coming out
on a daily basis against a plan no one has seen.
- This Arab apathy
towards the Palestinians is the result of a long-standing belief
in the Arab world that the Palestinians are an ungrateful people
who do not hesitate to bite the hand that feeds them.
- When Trump finally
does announce his Middle East peace plan, the Palestinians will
discover that they are alone in threatening to thwart it.
Arab apathy
towards the Palestinians is the result of a long-standing belief that
the Palestinians do not hesitate to bite the hand that feeds them.
Palestinian support for Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of Kuwait was
the turning point in relations between the Arab countries and the
Palestinians. Pictured: Yasser Arafat with then Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein, in 1988. (Photo via Getty Images)
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has been working hard
to persuade the Arab countries to support its position in the
standoff with the US administration.
The PA leadership in Ramallah fears that without the
backing of the Arab countries, the US administration will
"impose" President Donald Trump's "deal of the
century" -- the yet-to-be-announced plan for peace in the Middle
East.
The Arab countries, however, appear to be preoccupied
with other matters. For now, the Palestinians are getting much lip
service from their Arab brothers, including promises to put pressure
on the Trump administration possibly to "modify" its plan
to make it less "harmful" to Palestinian demands and
aspirations.
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