Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Saturday that when a Palestinian state is established, it will have no Israelis in it.
| Figured they wouldn't want any Jooo cooties ... |
"We have frankly said, and always will say: If there is an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, we won't agree to the presence of one Israeli in it," Abbas told reporters in Ramallah.
He was commenting on unconfirmed reports suggesting that the PA leadership might agree to the presence of the IDF in the West Bank after the establishment of a Palestinian state.
"We are ready to have peace on the basis of international legitimacy and the road map, which we have accepted, as well as the Arab Peace Initiative," Abbas said. "But when a Palestinian state is established, it would have no Israeli presence in it."
The PA president criticized Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and accused him of placing obstacles on the road to peace.
"He who prefers settlements over peace is responsible for the obstacles to peace," he added. "If he really was interested in peace, he would have at least preferred peace to settlements."
| If you really were interested in peace you wouldn't be trying so hard to kill all the Israelis and drive them into the sea ... |
| But that's how they have always defined peace. This whole getting-along-together nonsense is a non-Muslim definition never accepted by members of the Ummah, who define dhimmis as residents temporarily on sufferance until they convert or are killed. |
Abbas accused the Israeli government of "deception" with the purpose of blaming the Palestinians for the current impasse in the peace talks. He also criticized the US administration for failing to put pressure on Israel to stop the construction in the settlements and east Jerusalem.
"The US administration has tried to stop the settlements, but Netanyahu refused," he said. "We know that there's a clear American position, but these days we don't hear it any more. We hope we will hear it in the future."
| Good luck with getting a clear position out of Bambi ... |
Abbas said that the PA has presented in writing to the US its position regarding all the core issues, but has still not heard Israel's reply.
"All the final-status issues must be solved according to international resolutions," he said. "All these issues will be resolved at the negotiating table, and this includes the issue of the refugees, which Israel tried to get rid of, but to no avail."
| Israel will never agree to the 'right of return'. If that's on the table there is no deal. |
Abbas expressed hope that his Fatah faction and Hamas would be able to resolve their differences so that the Gaza Strip would be part of the future Palestinian state.
| Only if Hamas runs the whole show ... |
He also voiced hope that he would be able to travel to the Gaza Strip in the near future.
| ... in which case your only travel will be to Paris in exile ... |
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