The head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas came forth with both the truth and a bunch of lies today at the UN. First the truth from Abbas own mouth: "They talk to us about the Jewish state, but I respond to them with a final answer: We shall not recognize a Jewish state." That truth, of course came in a speech made to supporters just prior to going to the lectern at the UN. There can be no clearer statement from the Palestinians of the futile nature of peace talks.
Here is the principal lie again from the mouth of Abbas: Abbas accused Israel of employing an “ethnic cleansing policy” in Jerusalem. “Israel issues building permits to settlers so they can build in occupied Jerusalem, while it keeps confiscating lands in eastern Jerusalem and driving away Palestinians from their ancestral lands.”
Understand exactly what Abbas is saying; the claim is that if Israel allows Jews to move into the eastern half of the city that is the capital of Israel, it is ethnic cleansing. Only if the area is free of Jews will the Palestinians be happy. The language of those against genocide and racism is used to support measures that are clearly racist and genocidal. It is a heinous lie from Abbas. There is no way that reasonable people could find that areas where Jews and Arabs live together in Jerusalem constitute a problem or even an affront to the Palestinians. Only in the racist and delusional minds of Abbas and his followers could such a position even be considered.
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