Sunday, July 23, 2017

Abbas suspends security coordination with Israel - JTA




by JTA

“It’s not like the security coordination is an Israeli need. It’s a Palestinian need first and foremost. If they want it, they’ll continue, if not they won’t.”



Mahmoud Abbas
Mahmoud Abbas
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JTA - Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas canceled scheduled security coordination meetings between Israeli and Palestinian officials.

The meetings were cancelled on Sunday, two days after Abbas announced that PA leaders have frozen all contact with Israel over newly installed security measures at the Temple Mount.

It is the first time that security cooperation has been halted since Abbas was elected leader of the PA nearly a decade ago, according to Israeli reports.

Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman told Ynet that Israel can manage without Palestinian security cooperation, but that the Palestinians will suffer without it.

“We’ve managed for many years without security cooperation, we’ll manage now as well,” Liberman said. “It’s not like the security coordination is an Israeli need. It’s a Palestinian need first and foremost. If they want it, they’ll continue, if not they won’t.”

Liberman also railed against Abbas for not condemning the terror attack by a Palestinian Arab on Friday night that killed three members of the same family as they sat at their Shabbat table.

“What is outrageous is Abbas’ refusal to condemn the despicable murder,” Lieberman told Ynet. “You have to understand he’s not a partner, he’s not looking for peace. He’s looking to tire us out, fragment us from the inside, to hurt the State of Israel and its status in the international community.”


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Source: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/232859

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1 comment:

Tzioni said...

Why have we been saving this guy? He apparently has enemies among his own people. If it is true we've been doing this, we need to stop, since he's cutting himself off. Let his enemies have at him. He's nothing but a barbaric terrorist. We could arrest him for incitement - he's done it on video, so he's clearly guilty.

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