Abu Mazen: Beneath the Moderate Veneer

[drdon326]

Within 24 hours Arafat had gone on Jordan TV and explained his position (in Arabic) with remarkable candor:

“Since we cannot defeat Israel in war; we do this in stages. We take any and every territory that we can of Palestine, and establish sovereignty there, and we use it as a springboard to take more. When the time comes, we can get the Arab nations to join us for the final blow against Israel,” he said.

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He will make loud noises about how the terrorists groups must cooperate in achieving quiet – which is in the interest of the Palestinian people. He will dispatch police – whose allegiance is dubious to begin with and who are not truly empowered to take strong action in any event. The “quiet” he stitches together will be a temporary quiet, however, merely consented to voluntarily by groups such as Hamas, who reserve the right to initiate terror again if and as they deem it appropriate.



At no time has Mahmoud Abbas committed to dismantling the terrorist infrastructure. He has made it clear that he will not do battle with the terrorists – who, he has indicated, are his brothers. Nor will he ask them to surrender weapons. Neither has he uttered a word about re-vamping the PA-published textbooks, which do not acknowledge Israel’s legitimate existence and teach yet another generation of Palestinians about “jihad” and “martyrdom.”



Abbas’s immediate goal is withdrawal of the IDF to the pre-Intifada position of 2000. He would follow this with a rush to final status negotiations with Israel. It is nothing short of astonishing how frequently officials of the PA refer to the need to get to these negotiations quickly, when they haven’t met even preliminary obligations under the roadmap. Abbas is clearly counting on the goodwill and impressions of moderation he is generating to lessen the stringency of the international community in requiring him to meet these obligations.

http://www.frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=17134

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This was written before the suicide bombing.

[IndianaGreen]

1. You should read the British press

instead of the old tired sources.

Looks like the Palestinians are on the ball, and that Abu Mazen is working with Israel to get at the culprits of this terrorist attack:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1425993,00.html

[drdon326]

2. Right...........AFTER THE FACT !!

NOW, when is he going to go after the infra-structure??

[IndianaGreen]

3. When are the Palestinians going to have a military of their own?

When are they going to have sovereignty, and all the power that it brings. You can't emasculate a man and expect him to father a child!

[drdon326]

4. Good to know your view hasn't changed.

thanks.

[IndianaGreen]

5. My views about the Occupation have not changed

However, I won't sit here and tell you that I trust any of the parties to this conflict, the US included. Words are cheap and abundant in I/P. We must insist on an end to terrorism from both sides. The Palestinians should stop treating their terrorists as some form of freedom fighter, which they are not. The Isralis should stop creating more terrorists by punishing the innocent for the crimes of the few.

Communist Party of Israel says, "Take down this wall!"
By CP of Israel

The CPI calls upon all supporters of peace in Israel and the world to pressure the Sharon government to immediately implement the recommendations of the International Court of Justice in Hague concerning the apartheid wall.

The recommendations of the International Court of Justice concerning the apartheid wall are an important contribution to the public struggle against the construction of the wall and the continuing occupation, and for the achievement of a just and stable peace which is the real guarantee of security – so states the position accepted by the political bureau of the CPI on July 9, the day the court published its recommendations.

The CPI reiterates that the Sharon government’s purpose in this wall’s construction is the continuation of the Israeli occupation (of the Palestinian territories), the perpetuation of the settlements in the West Bank, and the prevention of the establishment of a viable Palestinian state. The construction of the wall, as determined by the International Court of Justice, has caused daily intolerable suffering to the Palestinian people while grossly violating international humanitarian law.

The CPI warns that the arrogant dismissal of the United Nations court’s findings may lead to the international isolation of Israel, and to the imposition of sanctions such as those imposed on South Africa during the apartheid regime.

http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/200/1/32/

[Darranar]

6. A better question - HOW can he go after the infrastructure?

He has shown the capability to destroy tunnels, which he has done, but beyond investigation it's not at all clear what his capabilities are when it comes to fighting the "terrorist infrastructure."

And he may never need to, if the current progress continues.