| | 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> 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 - |