Following his vile, antisemitic remarks at the Palestinian National Council, the PA has acted swiftly and decisively against Mahmoud Abbas, electing someone else as its leader in a sign it truly wants peace with the Jewish state.
Yeah, right.
The Palestine Liberation Organization reelected Mahmoud Abbas as its leader, the group said early Friday, giving the Palestinian Authority president fresh backing amid an international uproar over remarks deemed anti-Semitic.
The decision to keep Abbas as the head of the PLO’s Executive Committee came at the end of a four-day meeting by the Palestinian National Council in Ramallah, the first such summit in decades. Abbas has led the PLO since the death of Yasser Arafat in November 2004.
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Abbas has come under fire for a Monday speech at the start of the meeting in which he appeared to blame Jews for the Holocaust, saying it was the Jews’ “social function,” including money lending that caused animosity toward them in Europe. He also portrayed the creation of Israel as a European colonial project, saying “history tells us there is no basis for the Jewish homeland.”
The comments have been derided as anti-Semitic and have led to renewed calls for Abbas to back away from the Palestinian leadership.
Because the root cause of the conflict is clearly settlements.
Peace!
