By P. David Hornik
"Our people in Jerusalem are under an ethnic cleansing campaign. They are suffering from a series of decisions like tax hikes and construction prohibitions. [Palestinians] are facing a campaign of annihilation [by Israel]."
Those were the words of Mahmoud Abbas last week to the summit of Islamic countries in Dakar, Senegal. And what a crew it was; Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad chimed in, using rhetoric about the same as that of Abbas, with "[Israel] just kills innocent women and children, but the UN Security Council stays silent." Sudanese genocide president Omar al-Bashir was there, too, among the roster of heavies.
For Abbas-given tremendous credit by the U.S. and Israeli governments as a man of peace-vilifying Israel before this crowd was like pouring oil on flames as he confirmed the world's darkest fantasies and designs about Israel. Nor is he on record as saying a single more conciliatory word about Israel, the "conflict," or resolving it.
Yet, asked about Abbas's reference to "annihilation," all State Department spokesman Sean McCormack could come out with was "we would not use that term to describe the situation. I think it's probably an example of some overheated political rhetoric." Read more ...
"Our people in Jerusalem are under an ethnic cleansing campaign. They are suffering from a series of decisions like tax hikes and construction prohibitions. [Palestinians] are facing a campaign of annihilation [by Israel]."
Those were the words of Mahmoud Abbas last week to the summit of Islamic countries in Dakar, Senegal. And what a crew it was; Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad chimed in, using rhetoric about the same as that of Abbas, with "[Israel] just kills innocent women and children, but the UN Security Council stays silent." Sudanese genocide president Omar al-Bashir was there, too, among the roster of heavies.
For Abbas-given tremendous credit by the U.S. and Israeli governments as a man of peace-vilifying Israel before this crowd was like pouring oil on flames as he confirmed the world's darkest fantasies and designs about Israel. Nor is he on record as saying a single more conciliatory word about Israel, the "conflict," or resolving it.
Yet, asked about Abbas's reference to "annihilation," all State Department spokesman Sean McCormack could come out with was "we would not use that term to describe the situation. I think it's probably an example of some overheated political rhetoric." Read more ...
Source: FrontPage Magazine
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