by Dr. Reuven Berko
-- like all pyromaniacs, Abbas and his crew have not devoted a thought to whether the fire could burn them as well, or to how they could possibly escape.
Palestinian Authority
President Mahmoud Abbas is continuing to play with fire. He and his ilk
are claiming that because Israel is stuck in stalled negotiations, it is
creating a show of violence and terrorism to increase international
pressure to solve the Palestinian problem.
In reality, the
situation is the exact opposite: In light of the chaos, the threat of
millions of refugees from the Middle East looming over Europe, and the
fact that Islamic terror is reigning over the international agenda, the
Palestinian problem has nearly fallen off the radar. That is why the PA
and Hamas are trying to revive the issue using Jewish blood.
The desperate situation
they are in has led the PA and Hamas to use the infamous trigger:
"Al-Aqsa is in danger." Israel's declarations that it would maintain the
status quo on the Temple Mount did not help. Even as mosques and
churches in the area were burned, the incitement did not stop, despite
the well-known fact that it is precisely Al-Aqsa that is the best-kept
mosque. Even the hadith in which Muhammad urged restraint, saying, "One
drop of a Muslim blood is worth more than the Kaaba and it’s
surroundings," did not change the bloody equation appearing in Al
Jazeera, the media outlet funded by Qatar's ruling family, the house of
Thani.
The truth is that Abbas
and his people (as well as some of the people from the Joint Arab List
and the Islamic Movement) yearn to realize the dream of a third
intifada, which is supposed to be a repeat of the first one, "an unarmed
mass carrying out Ghandi-style civil disobedience." Jewish deaths are
of course necessary to keep things running smoothly. However, like all
pyromaniacs, Abbas and his crew have not devoted a thought to whether
the fire could burn them as well, or to how they could possibly escape.
Abbas and his people
have yet to condemn the recent attacks, rather, they simply issued a
belated call to stop the violence. Having once advocated "controlled
rock attacks," it is now hard for them to put Hamas' terrorist genie
back in the bottle. They know very well that security cooperation with
Israel primarily serves the PA's internal security needs.
In terms of the
Palestinian "constitution," Abbas long ago lost his government's
legitimacy, and West Bank opinion polls indicate the public's support
for Hamas in the armed struggle against Israel. When Kalashnikovs fire,
the rocks pile up on the graves of the top terrorists. It is clear to
Abbas that if things get out of hand, as they did in Gaza in 2007, and
Hamas takes over the territory, PA leaders will be thrown from rooftops
and the property they accumulated thanks to their corrupt ways will be
confiscated. Then, to Israel's satisfaction, no one will pressure it to
promote Hamas in the West Bank as a state alongside Islamic State.
Therefore, the PA's
threats to end security cooperation with Israel are empty, designed to
extort what it wants through international pressure, with nothing in
return for Israel. The Palestinian moment of truth has arrived. Abbas
must now publicly recognize Israel as a Jewish state, forgo the folly of
"return," agree to land swaps, and agree to a demilitarized state with
Ramallah as its capital and borders that are not under its own control.
The hadith that says,
"The believer is not stung from the same hole twice," teaches Muslims to
learn lessons from the past. But the false memory of the Palestinians,
and also of some Israeli Arabs who are dreaming of an intifada, has made
them forget the disasters that were caused by their repeated clashes
with Israel. In the wake of the "Arab Spring," they should really
consider changing their memory card.
Dr. Reuven Berko
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=13911
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