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| | On Wednesday he ‘clarified’ his remarks in Berlin, saying that “the Holocaust is the most heinous crime in modern human history.” Credulous fools have again ignored what Abbas actually means by that. | | On Wednesday he ‘clarified’ his remarks in Berlin, saying that “the Holocaust is the most heinous crime in modern human history.” Credulous fools have again ignored what Abbas actually means by that. |
| | It’s time we stopped projecting what we want Abbas to be and focused on what he actually is, using his own words. In a speech in 2018 he informed us that Israel is a “colonialist project that had nothing to do with Judaism” — to such an extent that European Jews chose to stay in their homes and be murdered rather than live in Palestine. Do I have to point out the moral degeneracy of such a proposition? It would seem so, given the persistent refusal of so many to take Abbas for what he actually is. | | It’s time we stopped projecting what we want Abbas to be and focused on what he actually is, using his own words. In a speech in 2018 he informed us that Israel is a “colonialist project that had nothing to do with Judaism” — to such an extent that European Jews chose to stay in their homes and be murdered rather than live in Palestine. Do I have to point out the moral degeneracy of such a proposition? It would seem so, given the persistent refusal of so many to take Abbas for what he actually is. |
| − | Tuesday’s events in Berlin are, in the scheme things, trivial. But as so often, a larger truth is confirmed by trivialities.</blockquote></ref> the Holocaust. This time by his outrageous statement about so called "50" supposedly "committed." German chancellor, Olaf Sholz later on condemned him,<ref>[https://m.ynet.co.il/Articles/61766410 Abu Mazen: "Israel committed 50(sic) holocausts(sic) on us"; Lapid: "History will not forgive him"] ''AP'', Aug 16, 2022.<blockquote> | + | Tuesday’s events in Berlin are, in the scheme things, trivial. But as so often, a larger truth is confirmed by trivialities.</blockquote></ref><ref name=jpost-18aug2022>Ruthie Blum, [https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-715068 The Palestinians continue to exploit the Holocaust], ''JPost'', Aug 18, 2022. |
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| | + | ...The question was not only relevant to the upcoming 50th anniversary of the mass murder committed by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September; it was particularly apt, given the fact that Abbas himself was named by the architect of the bloodshed, Mohammed Oudeh (aka Abu Daoud), as one of the three senior Fatah officials who assisted him in orchestrating the attack.... |
| | + | NOR WAS it surprising, then, that prominent Palestinians praised him for his declarations in Germany. |
| | + | "Mr. President, you are strong," his Fatah faction captioned a photo of a smiling Abbas that it posted on social media. "Continue with God’s blessing and rest assured. We are proud of you and we are all behind you." |
| | + | This was just a taste of the sympathy Abbas received in the PA. As Khaled Abu Toameh reported in these pages on Wednesday, Fatah recruitment head Monir al-Jaghoub said that "no apology for our struggle for freedom" is necessary. |
| | + | Fatah honcho Munther al-Hayek opined that, in Germany, Abbas "remind[ed] the world of the suffering of the Palestinian people..." |
| | + | PLO Executive Committee Bassam Salhi, head of the Palestinian People’s Party, wrote on Facebook, “[Abbas’s] statements in Germany ... holocausts... are truthful and express the position of the Palestinians.” |
| | + | Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine official Tayseer Khaled, another member of the PLO Executive Committee, concurred. |
| | + | "The state of hysteria in Israel and the angry reactions against the president’s statements during his visit to the German capital were expected," he said in a statement... |
| | + | Palestinian hatred of Israel |
| | + | SINCE THIS hatred of Israel and desire for its destruction are as rampant among Palestinians as Holocaust exploitation for political purposes, the sudden widespread outcry over Abbas’s Germany performance is peculiar. As the research organization Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) pointed out in the wake of the event, comparing Israel to the Nazis is central to PA ideology. |
| | + | Decades of examples exist, including from this year alone, which PMW has documented. But one purveyor of the vile distortion is particularly worthy of note in the current context: Fatah Central Committee Secretary-General Jibril Rajoub, who happens to head not only the Palestinian Football Association but the Palestine Olympic Committee, as well. |
| | + | In a May 5 interview on PA TV, Rajoub called Israelis "the new [sic. Rajoub] Nazis who are committing acts of terror officially, and whose prisons are a matching copy of the source of [sic. Rajoub] Auschwitz and the death camps [sic. Rajoub]." |
| | + | This was a reiteration of a January 2 Facebook post in which referred to the Israeli government as "the new Nazis[sic]" and "the living and recognizable model of the [sic. Rajoub]fascist and Nazi thinking of the desire for expansion." |
| | + | In his Olympic Committee role, he called on participants in last year’s Tokyo Olympics – where, for the first time ever, a moment of silence was held during the opening ceremony for the victims of the Munich massacre – to refuse to compete with Israeli contenders. |
| | + | This is the same guy who, in 2012, lauded then-International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge for nixing such a moment of silence at that summer’s games in London. According to PMW, after Rogge denied the request of the families of the victims to mark the terrorist tragedy, Rajoub wrote him a letter saying, "Sports are a bridge for love, communication and the spreading of peace between nations, and should not be used for divisiveness and the spread of racism[sic]." |
| | + | NO, HE WASN’T kidding. Abbas wasn’t joking, either, when he likened Israeli actions to Nazi atrocities – yet both suit-and-tie-wearing terrorists must be laughing at Israel and the rest of the West for having short memories that keep the contents of their deep pockets flowing into PA coffers. |
| | + | Indeed, Germany, a key European Union donor to the PA, may have egg on its face at the moment. But the chance of its withholding cash to the "pay for slay" entities in Ramallah and Gaza when Scholz’s "disgust" dies down is slim-to-nil.</blockquote></ref> the Holocaust. This time by his outrageous statement about so called "50" supposedly "committed." German chancellor, Olaf Sholz later on condemned him,<ref>[https://m.ynet.co.il/Articles/61766410 Abu Mazen: "Israel committed 50(sic) holocausts(sic) on us"; Lapid: "History will not forgive him"] ''AP'', Aug 16, 2022.<blockquote> |
| | The chairman of the Palestinian Authority, who is visiting Berlin, avoided condemning the massacre of the athletes in Munich - and while he was giving his speech, Chancellor Scholz was seen contorting his face. Prime Minister: "a moral disgrace". Earlier, Scholz clarified that for him, Israel is not an apartheid state According to the AP news agency, during the PA chairman's speech, the German chancellor grimaced in displeasure - however, he did not react in real time, but later issued a statement to the German "Bild" in which he criticized Abu Mazen's choice of words. The horrors of the Holocaust are unacceptable," Scholz said.</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.ice.co.il/elections2022/news/article/878927 German Chancellor on Abu Mazen: "Disgusted by his outrageous statements", ''ICE'', Aug 17, 2022.</ref> As well as condemned by Yad Vashem,<ref>[https://www.0404.co.il/?p=831763 Storm following the words of the terrorist Abu Mazen Chairman of Yad Vashem: "His abominable words - horrifying"], 0404 - | | The chairman of the Palestinian Authority, who is visiting Berlin, avoided condemning the massacre of the athletes in Munich - and while he was giving his speech, Chancellor Scholz was seen contorting his face. Prime Minister: "a moral disgrace". Earlier, Scholz clarified that for him, Israel is not an apartheid state According to the AP news agency, during the PA chairman's speech, the German chancellor grimaced in displeasure - however, he did not react in real time, but later issued a statement to the German "Bild" in which he criticized Abu Mazen's choice of words. The horrors of the Holocaust are unacceptable," Scholz said.</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.ice.co.il/elections2022/news/article/878927 German Chancellor on Abu Mazen: "Disgusted by his outrageous statements", ''ICE'', Aug 17, 2022.</ref> As well as condemned by Yad Vashem,<ref>[https://www.0404.co.il/?p=831763 Storm following the words of the terrorist Abu Mazen Chairman of Yad Vashem: "His abominable words - horrifying"], 0404 - |
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| | d. neo-Nazi: Udo Albrecht, Karl-Heinz Hoffman and Fatah corporation. | | d. neo-Nazi: Udo Albrecht, Karl-Heinz Hoffman and Fatah corporation. |
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| − | e. Glorification of terror massacres, for decades.</blockquote></li></ul></font></ref> | + | e. Glorification of terror massacres, for decades.</blockquote></li></ul></font></ref><ref name=jpost-18aug2022/> |
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| | + | Not surprisingly, prominent "Palestinians" praised Abbas, his statement.<ref name=jpost-18aug2022/> |
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| | After the storm, the German police opened an investigation against the Palestinian President Abu Mazen on incitement.<ref>Hamal, [https://www.hamal.co.il/post/-N9qxBdQuxzrav_IQKJG Aug 19, 2022]:<blockquote> | | After the storm, the German police opened an investigation against the Palestinian President Abu Mazen on incitement.<ref>Hamal, [https://www.hamal.co.il/post/-N9qxBdQuxzrav_IQKJG Aug 19, 2022]:<blockquote> |