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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Abbas' idea of a "peace agreement" is to continue to wage war (ElderToons)

This story has been out for a few days (and in a recent linkdump) but it hasn't received the coverage it deserves:

Abbas “went to the White House and said ‘no’ to Obama,” Channel 2 news reported, quoting unnamed American and Israeli sources.

Specifically, the report said, Abbas rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s demand that he recognize Israel as a Jewish state. He also refused to abandon the Palestinian demand for a “right of return” for millions of Palestinians and their descendants — a demand that, if implemented, would drastically alter Israel’s demographic balance and which no conceivable Israeli government would accept. And finally, he refused to commit to an “end of conflict,” under which a peace deal would represent the termination of any further Palestinian demands of Israel.
If a "peace agreement" doesn't mean an end to conflict, then what the hell is it supposed to mean?

Those who aren't blinded by wishful thinking know exactly what his aim is.


Back in 1948, the Arabs also liked to use the word "peace" when speaking to the West, confident that no one would figure out that their definition of "peace" was to eliminate Israel.

Nothing has changed.