by Dror Eydar
Does Abbas really think he would last one minute without Israel protecting him from Hamas and Islamic State?
It is worth it to take
the time to read the full text of the speech Palestinian Authority
President Mahmoud Abbas gave at the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday.
The speech symbolized the Arab view of the history of our region over
the past century. According to this view, the Arabs have been innocent
lambs, responsible for nothing. They never rejected any peace proposals.
In their eyes, the Jews came out of nowhere and destroyed a prosperous,
democratic, righteous and culturally advanced state that supposedly
existed peacefully here from the creation of the world until 1948.
So Abbas is threatening
that he has run out of patience and Israel will bear the consequences?
What consequences? What will happen that has not already happened? This
reminds me of the story of Hershel of Ostropol, who threatened an
innkeeper. Hershel said, "You know what happens if you refuse me? I do
what my father did when someone said no to him!" After acceding to
Hershel's demands, the innkeeper bravely asked, "What did your father
do?" Hershel replied, "He'd go to bed hungry!"
After enumerating all
of Israel's "crimes," Abbas said, "We do not respond to Israel's
brutality with the same." Instead, Abbas claimed, "We are working on
spreading the culture of peace and coexistence between our people and in
our region." How beautiful! As the Russian writer Aleksandr
Solzhenitsyn once said, "In our country, the lie has become not just a
moral category, but a pillar of the state."
Abbas also asserted
that Israel is preventing Muslims from worshiping on the Temple Mount
in Jerusalem. In fact, what has won out on the Temple Mount is the
"worship" of rocks, firebombs and shrill gangs of Muslim guards who
thwart the utterance of even one biblical verse at the holiest site of
the Jewish people. Abbas complained about Israel's alleged "violation of
the status quo since before 1967 and thereafter." Until 1967, Jews were
forbidden from even entering the Old City. Is that the status quo Abbas
wants to return to? And how come Abbas did not talk at the U.N. about
the "dirty feet" of the Jews, like he did on Palestinian television?
Abbas called the Jewish
people an "occupying power" in Jerusalem. U.N. member states are
familiar with the bible. We are an "occupying power" in the place that
is the center of our being? Abbas, what is your connection to Jerusalem?
What would Jerusalem be without the Jews? The sanctity of Jerusalem for
Muslims stemmed from its importance to Jews.
In his speech, Abbas
called for the protection of Christian holy sites in Jerusalem. Yet, it
is extremely fortunate that Abbas does not have jurisdiction over these
sites. Most Christians have already fled Palestinian
Authority-controlled areas. And let's not even talk about the fate of
Christians in Hamas-ruled areas.
Abbas has requested
economic independence (be careful, this means no more European grants)
and security independence (be my guest!). Does he really think he would
last even a minute without Israel protecting him from Hamas and the
Islamic State group?
Here is another Abbas gem: "Those
who want to fight terrorism must start with solving the Palestinian
issue." Sure -- an independent state for the gang in Ramallah will end
up like Hamas-ruled Gaza and the Islamic State-controlled areas of Iraq.
We in Israel are fed up with people experimenting with our future. By
the way, Mr. Abbas, let's say your flag (how is it different from
Jordan's?) is raised and you get an independent state. Would your
situation be better or worse than it is now? Just look around the region
to get your answer. Until then, you know our phone number. Call us when
you are serious.
Dror Eydar
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=13863
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