[IsraelTimes] PA President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial...
said Thursday that failure to secure a peace agreement with Israel would result in a violent escalation, the Paleostinian Ma'an News Agency reported.
| "Nice liddle country ya got there, Bud, be a shame if somethin' happened to it." |
Speaking to Paleostinian TV ahead of the 10th anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat, Abbas said that no peace accord "will worsen the situation in the already inflamed areas of the region," while an agreement will "extinguish all the fires."
| On the other hand, an economic boycott by Sweden of obviously Israeli products isn't going to make much difference, and nobody is going to join in the little war you're trying to start. |
Abbas also spoke highly of former PA, PLO and Fatah leader Arafat, calling him "a source of optimism," as well as "pragmatic and peace-loving," the report said.
| And there we have it, dear Reader. Peace-loving, forsooth! |
"I remember a time after 1967, what was considered the collapse of the entire Arab nation, I went to Syria and found him [Arafat] in a car dressed in military garb and when I said to him, Abu Ammar the war is over and we lost, he said: 'No, they were defeated not us,' then he made up his mind to come to Paleostine and he did," Abbas recalled.
The PA president added that the Paleostinian leadership will defend the "right of return" for Paleostinian refugees to Israel, and demand Jerusalem be the capital of a Paleostinian state.
| That's nice. Have you made any progress on those two demands since 1948? |
Abbas also reiterated his pledge to submit a resolution on Paleostinian statehood to the UN Security Council,
| He thinks this time America won't veto it. Possibly he's right, though that would keep the Democrats in the wilderness for an awfully long time. |
seeking an imposed deadline for Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and accused Israel of stalling negotiations.
| Golly, he sounds just like SoS John Kerry speaking for President Obama -- how odd. |
He hailed Sweden for its recognition of Paleostine on October 30, and urged other European nations to follow suit.
Abbas's comments came amid increased unrest in Jerusalem, and as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, and Economy Minister Naftali Bennett have repeatedly accused the Paleostinian leader of fueling the violence in the capital with his rhetoric.
On Thursday, State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki
...a valley girl who woke up one morning and found she was spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of State...
called for all sides to do more to calm tensions.
Responding to a question about Israeli claims of Paleostinian incitement, Psaki said she did not know if cartoons posted on social media by Fatah bodies calling for new attacks were linked to Abbas or his Fatah movement and added that the US still viewed him as a peace partner.
"We would strongly condemn any incitement to violence," she said.
| "...if we should ever happen to see such a thing," she added, with her eyes tightly closed against the possibility. |
Last Thursday, following the shooting of right-wing activist Yehudah Glick, Abbas said the closure of the Temple Mount to Moslem worshipers was tantamount to a "declaration of war."
| Is anything at all not tantamount to a declaration of war when he's in a mood? |
The Paleostinian leader also praised the would-be assassin of Glick in a letter to the terrorist's family, in which he referred to the shooter as a "martyr defending the rights of our people and its holy places."
| Now that, my dears, is what tantamount to a declaration of war looks like. |
The condolence letter drew fierce criticism from Israeli politicians across the political spectrum. |