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by Khaled Abu Toameh • October 23,
2018 at 5:00 am
- As Mahmoud Abbas was
busy praising the Saudis for their "fairness, values and
principles," the London-based Action Group for Palestinians
of Syria issued a statement in which it accused the Saudi
authorities of preventing Palestinian refugees from entering the
kingdom.
- Many Arabs and Muslims
can hardly afford to alienate a country as rich as Saudi Arabia.
This is a good example of "money talks." However, this
does not mean that the Saudi money will ever change the hearts
and minds of Palestinians, especially regarding a peace
agreement with Israel.
- The mistreatment of
Palestinians at the hands of their Arab brethren has never been
of concern to Abbas and his leadership. They are silent when
Palestinians are killed and expelled from their homes in Syria.
They are silent when Palestinians face discrimination and
apartheid laws in Lebanon.
The Saudi
government says they have given the Palestinians $6 billion in aid
since the year 2000. So Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
has good reason publicly to declare his support for Saudi Arabia in
the standoff with the rest of the world over the Jamal Khashoggi
affair. Pictured: Abbas presents Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz
with a gift on December 30, 2015 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by
Thaer Ghanaim/Palestinian Press Office via Getty Images)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas did not
wait for Saudi Arabia to admit that Washington Post columnist
Jamal Khashoggi was killed in its consulate in Turkey. Days before
the Saudi announcement, Abbas decided that he and the Palestinians
have "absolute confidence" in King Salman bin Abdel Aziz
and this son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
As Abbas was busy praising the Saudis for their
"justice, values and principles," the London-based Action
Group for Palestinians of Syria issued a statement in which it
accused the Saudi authorities of preventing Palestinian refugees from
entering the kingdom.
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