Abbas declines to condemn murder of Israelis - 'We are despaired by occupation'

[shira]

Same garbage talking points by the Holocaust denying "moderate" Palestinian leader.

As Israelis ushered in the Jewish Sabbath with the grim news of the brutal murder of a father and son near Hebron, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas declined to offer a condemnation on Friday.

During a joint press conference with the president of Cyprus, the Palestinian rais told journalists in Ramallah that "our people are living under difficult conditions which have become intolerable."

"The continued Israeli occupation of our country and the escalating violence by settlers who are harming our property is filling us with despair," Abbas told the visiting President Nicos Anastasiades.

Though the president was asked specifically about Friday's shooting, he sidestepped the issue, instead accusing Israel of "obstinateness" and blaming the escalation in violence on "a lack of a diplomatic horizon."

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Abbas-declines-to-condemn-murder-of-Israelis-We-are-despaired-by-occupation-432962

[giftedgirl77]

1. Maybe Israel should stop stealing their shit???

[shira]

2. So murdering innocents is an appropriate response. Classy.

As for stealing, it's the same land Jews have been living on for >3000 years as an indigenous people.

What other indigenous people do you condemn for having the audacity to live on their ancestral lands?

Name another indigenous people you label as thieves living on their land.

I'll wait.

[giftedgirl77]

3. Oh what utter horseshit. The Arabs were there first &

they were living in those homes & on that land before Israel decided that they wanted to continue expanding their territory. Israel has no problem killing innocents constantly, don't try & play like this is a one way street.

[shira]

4. You mean they were there first > 3000 years ago? As Canaanites maybe?

Jews have been in Jerusalem (including E.Jerusalem) and Hebron for thousands of years.

They're indigenous to the land. That's a fact, BTW.

And justifying terror attacks against Jewish children and old ladies is gross.

[COLGATE4]

5. In 1900 Jews were the majority in Jerusalem.

As they were for many years before and have been since.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCYQFjACahUKEwix8_eWuJDJAhVHSCYKHd3XCrk&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDemographic_history_of_Jerusalem&usg=AFQjCNEJanrtKfLJOyA2x0zRM8WbHmXzrg

[shira]

6. Facts don't matter in these parts. n/t

[shira]

7. Merkel: 'We expect Abbas to condemn acts of terrorism'

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Merkel-We-expect-Abbas-to-condemn-acts-of-terrorism-428676

[shira]

8. Congress warns Abbas: Stop incitement or risk losing funding

http://www.timesofisrael.com/congress-warns-abbas-stop-incitement-or-risk-losing-funding/

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9. PM Netanyahu Challenges PA Head Abbas to Condemn Terror Attacks Against Israelis

http://unitedwithisrael.org/pm-netanyahu-challenges-pa-head-abbas-to-condemn-terror-attacks-against-israelis/