Fatah: Israel Dragging PA To 'Slaughterhouse' Over Iran

[Purveyor]

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is using Iran as a way to distract both Israelis and the world at large from the Palestinian issue, Nabil Sha'ath, the Fatah Commissioner for International Affairs said on Thursday.

Sha'ath compared the Prime Minister’s fear-mongering to former President George W. Bush’s insistence of Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction in the lead-up to the American invasion of Iraq.

“We’re afraid that a so-called preventive attack on Iran might also destroy us,” Shaath said. “We are being dragged by the people of Israel to a slaughterhouse that is not of our choice.”

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“But honestly, I’m worried about your atomic bomb, and Dimona [nuclear reactor] sending nuclear dirt that kills my people,” Sha'ath said. “Why should I be less concerned about an Israeli bomb? The Israeli bomb is a reality. The Iranian bomb is a potentiality.”

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http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=281545

[shira]

1. Utter nonsense. And the PA is just as fearful (or more) of Iran. n/t

[azurnoir]

2. well of course those Palestinians can just run to their bomb shelters like Israeli's can

oh wait

[Purveyor]

4. And strap on their 'gas-masks' too! /sacrasm off eom

[shira]

8. Yes of course, Israel will be to blame if Iran kills Palestinians....

Then again, the Palestinians could always build their own bomb shelters and buy their own gas masks w/ all the $$ billions they've received over the years (most per capita by any nation on the planet). They could stop buying weapons.

Nah...

[azurnoir]

3. The talkbacks are a must read

here's but one

iCry • 3 hours ago

"“We’re afraid that a so-called preventive attack on Iran might also destroy us,” Shaath said."

Attack Iran..... and get a bonus prize.

And the downside?
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The 17 is for the 2 is for

[Purveyor]

5. Just an example of what the PA people deal with on a daily basis. eom

[Bradlad]

6. Yes it is unfortunate . .

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Yes it is unfortunate "what the PA people deal with on a daily basis".

Some Israelis are not very charitable toward the Palestinians it seems. And they write disparaging comments to the editor.

Now, imagine that Israeli schools had programs that taught their children that to be a hero to their people they should aspire to grow up with a life goal to kill as many Israeli civilians as they possibly could.

That's what Israelis deal with every day. And I'd say that's a bit more damaging to the prospects for peace than a citizen's comment to the editor.

Now, imagine that instead of an ordinary citizen using his freedom of speech to write a letter to the editor, that Israel's prime ministers and members of the Knesset and well known rabbis provided a constant litany of speeches and sermons to the Israeli people calling for a never-ending war to be waged against the Palestinian people until they are all killed or removed from their land.

That has never happened at all, much less continuously, but that's what Israelis must deal with every day. And I'd say that's a bit more damaging to the prospects for peace than a citizen's comment to the editor.

Now imagine that Israel's army, the IDF, set up rocket launchers along the edges of autonomous Palestinian residential areas such as Gaza or area A on the WB and fired high explosive rockets at random into those areas hoping to kill a few Palestinians if they get lucky - and imagine they keep this up month after month, year after year. Of course, nothing like that has ever happened since Israel became a state.

But that's what Israelis must deal with every day from the Palestinian rocket squads. Each of those thousands of rockets and mortars is an act of war and a war crime. And I'd say that's a bit more damaging to the prospects for peace than a citizen's comment to the editor.

Just for fun let's look at the example you chose to show how inhumane those evil Israelis are:

Palestinian: “We’re afraid that a so-called preventive attack on Iran might also destroy us,” Shaath said."

Israeli letter to editor: Attack Iran..... and get a bonus prize. And the downside?

Perhaps you missed the irony here. In between the Palestinian's constant calls for destroying Israel over the last 65 years they've been cheering on Khomeinei's and Ahmadinijhad's every threat to wipe the Zionist Entity from the pages of time (or whatever poetic call for genocide he's using this week). But now, as that war that they've been hoping for finally gets closer, the Palestinians are suddenly concerned that along with the Israelis, they might get hurt too.

Under the circumstances I'd be surprised if at least one Israel reader did not make a snarky comment about that sudden concern. And I'd also find it unusual if at least a few other Israeli readers did not agree with him.

Added: I also notice that Shaath says nothing about the constant threats of war and genocide from Iran's leadership. Since the Palestinians use almost identical eliminationist language (without the poetic flourishes) that's understandable I guess. And he says nothing about Iran's quest to get the bomb which could be totally destabilizing for the whole region for decades to come - assuming they don't use their bomb but just brandish it. But what he's so worried about is Israeli retaliation against Palestinian efforts to join the shooting when things get going I guess. That, or the fallout from Iranian chemical weapons landing in Israel. Spare me the tears.

[oberliner]

7. Sending nuclear dirt that kills my people?

What is this guy smoking?

[shira]

9. The anti-Israel extremists love any dirt on Israel, real or delusionary...

And major media outlets eat it up.