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by Khaled Abu Toameh • March 13,
2019 at 5:00 am
- To some, the mock
trial in the Gaza Strip of Palestinian Authority President
Mahmoud Abbas may seem trivial or like some sort of bizarre
comedy act. The "trial," however, is something else
entirely: it is designed to send a signal not only to Abbas,
but to any Palestinian who even thinks of making peace with
Israel or recognizing its right to exist.
- The
"trial" is aimed at showing what awaits any
Palestinian who dares to work with Israel by conducting
security coordination or normalizing ties with it. Verdict:
Any Palestinian who accepts a peace plan with Israel will also
be found guilty -- and signing his own death warrant.
The mock
trial in the Gaza Strip of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud
Abbas may seem like some sort of bizarre comedy act. The
"trial," however, is designed to send a signal not only
to Abbas, but to any Palestinian who even thinks of making peace
with Israel or recognizing its right to exist. Pictured: Mahmoud
Abbas at the UN General Assembly, September 20, 2017. (Photo by
Kevin Hagen/Getty Images)
The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has made no
secret of its desire to see Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud
Abbas stand trial for betraying the Palestinians for his alleged
"collaboration" with Israel and sanctions against the
Gaza Strip.
Last year, a senior Hamas official, Ahmed Bahr,
called for bringing Abbas to trial for "great treason" --
a crime punishable by death. Abbas is not only refusing to make
peace with Hamas, he wants it to hand over its weapons to his
government, Bahr said. "For that, he should be brought before
a popular and constitutional court on charges of great
treason."
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