President Mahmoud Abbas
“As Secretary of State John Kerry pushes full steam ahead to try to bring the Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiation table, a new video is casting doubt regarding true Palestinian intentions and tactics. Palestinian Authority Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash in an on-camera sermon on Friday hinted any peace deal secured would secretly be only a short-term arrangement by comparing it to a truce the Muslim prophet Mohammed negotiated but broke two years later. This is just the latest example of Palestinian leaders discussing their stepwise plan to liberate Palestine from the ‘river to the sea,’ starting with the late Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat. At the Friday Ramadan services, which were attended by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and broadcast on Palestinian television, Habbash explained to Muslim worshipers that Palestinian Authority officials ‘only through the wisdom of the leadership, conscious action, consideration, and walking the right path’ are headed toward ‘achievement, exactly like the Prophet [Mohammad] did in the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, even though some opposed it.’ Palestinian Media Watch--an Israeli research institution that translates anti-Israel broadcasts in the Palestinian media--explains that the Hudaybiyyah peace treaty of 628 A.D. refers to ‘a 10-year truce that Mohammad, Islam’s Prophet, made with the Quraish Tribe of Mecca. However, two years into the truce, Mohammad attacked and conquered Mecca.’ The Religious Affairs Minister emphasized that Mohammed’s choosing the path of negotiation with an enemy was not ‘disobedience’ to Allah, but was rather ‘politics’ and ‘crisis management.’ ... The Palestinian Authority has been insisting to Kerry that it will only negotiate on the basis of the pre-1967 borders, which means it refuses to agree to anything less than a full Israeli withdrawal from Judea and Samaria (West Bank) and east Jerusalem, including the Old City, the Western Wall and the Temple Mount which is the holiest site in the Jewish religion. Some Israeli officials refer to those borders as ‘Auschwitz borders,’ because it would leave Israel only nine miles wide at its narrowest point.” (“Palestinian Minister Hints Peace Deal Would Be Temporary Arrangement before Conquering Israel,” The Blaze, July 24, 2013) Comments are closed.
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