Abbas tells U.S. Jews: I would never deny Jewish right to the land of Israel

then once that recognition came, it morphed into the demand they recognize Israel as a Jewish state; which essentially renders its Palestinian citizens to a non-entity status. This pretty much highlights the fact that both demands by Israel were, and are, preconditions meant to impede a final status agreement. Israel has proclaimed itself a Jewish state, and you mince words when in fact that is in implicit in the Palestinians recognition of Israel's right to exist. Israel realizes the humiliation it involves otherwise - which is why it uses it as a precondition. Neither you nor Israel will be satisfied even if they did explicitly voice it - the demand would simply morph into another.

The man received $ 400 Millions aids which most of that aid will go to his packet and his gangs, so$ 400 millions for to see would never deny Jewish right to land of Israel, We Persian have experience of 1400 years of lie from this culture the Jews should know them much better than us beside let assume he did not lie who will make his guarantee his word, what about in future Hamas will take over of west bank territory?

"We'll sacrifice victims until Jerusalem is ours" "Fatah will continue to sacrifice victims until Jerusalem will be returned [to the Palestinians], clean of settlements and settlers." You see? No distinction between the eastern and western halves of the capital, nor does it distinguish between the territories within the Israeli side of the Green Line and the areas captured by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War.

E. Jerusalem, blockade in Gaza, construction - all he has to do is demand the right of return and then the list is done.

Fatah just passed a law prohibiting the sale of land owned by an Arab to a Jew. How could it be any more explicit that Arabs who sell either get murdered or are forced to flee the county with their money.

I remember takkiya from oslo accords inwhich ISrael accepted the establishment of Palestine but suddenly retreated after accords. You don't trust, do you trust Israel state?

unfortunately he says the opposite while speaking in arabic.

"I would never deny [the] Jewish right to the land of Israel," Abbas declared.

Abbas, say it in Ramallah in Arabic. say it in from a podium in the west bank on the street. tell them that the arabs would never deny Jews their right to the land of Israel. the arab have yet to do that. in english they'll say whatever you want to hear, in arabic they praise murderes and that Jews have no rights to anything.

Most people think that a man can be taken at his word. What many do not understand is the double speak/double standards that exist in the eastern mindset and are justified in the Islamic community, and not viewed as immoral, but rather honored and justified. In the 12th Century there was a midieval Muslim warlord named Saladin who made a treaty of convenience and subterfuge with Richard the Lionheart during the days of the Crusades. It was not a treaty of honor, but rather one of intentional deception and ploy, and of course it was broken by Saladin by design. The Arabic community understands full well about this history and they actually revere this individual and wish to emulate that behavior, considering it a great honor. Yasser Arafat himself loudly and proudly proclaimed that he would give to Israel "The Peace of Saladin", knowing his audience understood the inference to deception and strategy, not intent upon honoring any treaty at all. This philosophy is what and who we deal with in Abbas who has many linnocent ives and much blood upon his hands, a known murderer and facilitator of the PLO and it's radical Islamic cause and agenda. Their 3 stage strategy for eliminating Israel and reclaiming ALL of the land they once dominated, is in progress. They are not to be trusted or given credibility...not according to Western values, perceptions, and honor. Their Islamic purpose is overriding and it does not separate "church from state", it is one...and it is their duty to overthrow and subdue the "infidels" and our "contamination" of their world, starting with Israel and extending to the rest of the Western world. Don't be naive and uneducated about such things. Google it and find out.

at least now they accept our right to part of the land

It would help people understand better that when the pals say east Jerusalem they mean the two Arab sections of the city and not the whole part.

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Sorry, I meant to say SOME action. This man is powerless. He was forced out of Gaza and won't negotiate directly with Israel.

Abbas is saying all the right things. Now let's see him do the right things. If he can deal with Netanyahus idiot of a government then he deserves all of our compliments. I wish him good luck with that.

How anybody could accept what he is selling is beyond reason.

I will never deny jews right after they quit at their land, and of course, Jizyah (Dhimmi), and not allowed in military, and excepting political issues, and women bear burkas, and non-muslims walking beside sidewalks and bearing armstripe, and wearing dark clothes, and...........

yes its a golden chance to the israeli people that our prisedent Abbas is exist ,, I mean when he will leave the Presidency I think that the new president after Abbas will not be merciful for Israeli forcess and israeli people and I think that the P.L.O will return to the Armed struggle and the first Affected will be the israeli people ........ its my advice for Jewish and israeli people to take this chance and ciding Jerusalem as a capital for us ....... I send my greetings to my president Abu-Mazen .......

can't have both - pick one PAls

How will what Abbas said be received by these defenders of every jot and title of Israeli policy? Not enough. They will huff and puff that he calls for East Jerusalem! The impossible! How can that be? Does he deny the Jewish people their entire eternal capital! Huff, huff. Indignation, a raising of the eyes to heaven. NEVER!! they will chortle. And as for a 2 state solution with EJ as Palestines capital? Where does Abbas think this viable and contiguous site will be? What are to be the logistics of it? And even if Israel were to agree to removing these colonies how would they do it without bringing about a civil war in Israel?

That is a fact, this is a state that sees its minorities in the same way Jews are seen and have been seen throughout Europe and the world, as a demographic problem - this man is no arafat, a man who can galvanize people - before arafat the Palestinian cause not an international issue, he made it, people debated about the existence of Palestinians (deny even the RIGHT that they even EXIST) now NO ONE debates that- Arafat made this and much more happen - this man is weak - hence the west and Israel chose to deal with him .

For these zionist propagandists and apologists. No matter what Abbas does, it will not be enough. They will snap and snarle and hold him in contempt that he demands East Jerusalem! The

can you trust poisonous snake? I would not untill it defunged...

wonders never cease to amaze. What's interesting is who voted AGAINST 194... Arabs & Muslims (Pakistan). Monitor incitement? PWM & MEMRI are already doing a pretty good job. Never deny Jews' right to Israel: Israel's creation was and is a catastrophe (Naqbah). Never was any connection between Jews and the land. His own words - Jewish state is invalid Celebration of terrorists (e.g. Quntar, Magrabi) PA's worldwide incitement against Israel (Apartheid, boycotts, etc...) The list goes on, not to mention his own history as a Shoah denyer....

Abbas, so far your actions seem to indicate that you deny the rights of the Palestinians to have a state on the lands that belong to the Palestinians. You are no more than an American and an Israeli puppet. You care more about yourself than the Palestinian people. You have never stood your ground against america and Israeli actions and always backed down in the end. Shame on you!! You are a discrace to your people.

mahmoud abbas the right man, we can trust of him

Abbas would have sold his sole for much less than $400 million. He cares more about the Jews than the Palestinians! He is a Jew.

Isn't this the same guy a while back that boldly proclaimed that if Israel went to war in Gaza against Hamas that he would side with his "brothers" there and also fight against Israel? The black cloud following over the heads of the Palestinians is self-seeded.

Abbas told Charlie Rose that UN 194 must be the basis of solving the refugee question. !94 states that all who left Israel and their decendants can return. That means he expects Israel to allow in 5 million Arabs. This ignores that after 1948, 850,000 Jews were forced out of the Arab countries, most settling in Israel.

Netanyahu left Canada and fled home when he learned that his meeting with Obama would be held behind closed doors with no photo op of him and Obama shaking hands and smiling. He must be livid that Abbas got the royal treatment he himself coveted, not to mention $400 million in walking around money.

that's for sure, the puppet loves the money he gets from his masters....

Abbas said that he had in the past proposed creating a trilateral commission to monitor and punish incitement, but that Israel did not agree to it.

He sits down with people who clearly are against the idea of peace and Palestinian humanity, but he will not sit down with his own people to reconcile and talk peace. Mahmoud Abbas is a two-faced, impotent hypocrite who needs to step down.

“ The Zionist movement led a broad campaign of incitement against the Jews living under Nazi rule to arouse the government's hatred of them, to fuel vengeance against them and to expand the mass extermination. ”—Mahmoud Abbas So in fact according to Abbas's thesis Zionism deliberately helped the Nazis. This was at a time when Jews in europe were already on their knees facing total anihilation. It makes a lot of sense.... if you already hate Jews and wish to see them all vanish.

I'd love to hear one single (jewish) American or Israeli say something like that ! even Arafat said something like that ! When an israeli leader has the guts to make such declaration, please let us know !! In the meantime, israelis have a very long way to go !! palestinians have already done that.

Is he inviting all usa jews to come back and settle in Israel ?

Yes , we know the game. The famous Double Talk used in the Middle East. Let him say it in Arabic on PA TV - not in English in Washington. The US resolution which is called on the creation of the state of Israel and a Palestinian state - clearly defined Israel as the home for the Jewish people - and the other for Palestinian , YET Abbas repeatedly stated that he does not agree to say that Israel is a Jewish state (as pushed by Israeli government) - that is denial or the original division. He is happy to talk in code , and double talk. If he recognized Israel as a Jewish state (same as the PA claims it is an Islamic state) it would go a long long way to clam feelings of a Trojan Horse - but in ARABIC on PA Television.

I'm well surprised by that statement...as soon as we can start talks, the better... The problem is Hamas though. We could just negotiate with Fatah..Egypt would help us with Gaza, if a proper peace settlement was done with Fatah? I want to be excited, but is this too premature? I want the violence to stop :'(

The American government -- including Obama, Biden and C|linton -- are on record as supporting Jerusalem as the united capital city of Israel. The PA could have oiffices in East Jerusalem and there could be borough govt as in London, Paris and NYC, allowing Arab East Jerusalem to elect their local govt. Security, however, would need to rest with the IDF. Otherwise a Hamas govt could lead to Iranian missiles in East Jerusalem. The 1947 UN resolution called for two states with an economic union. That may still be possible, or even extended to include Jordan which occupies 77% of British Palestine.

As usual President Mahmoud Abbas is lying through his teeth. One of the great lies in modern times is that the Israelis are in "occupied" land. They own it, and have owned it for many years legally not even taking into account that God gave them The Land. There are no Palestinian people. They are Arabs living in Palestine. Look at modern history. The lie has been perpetuated for so long people believe it as truth.

He say what he is asked to do by his masters. Nothing surprising in his statement.

I don't write very often now but you Israelis know what I mean. Syria and Iran and Al Qaeda should be put on notice that if they are even thinking bad thoughts right now, they will be smoked.

not from "river to river".

nice talk

I wish he would say this in a two-state negotiation. He's had so many chances in peace talks but has blown all of them simply by denying Jewish right to the land of Israel. Here, it doesn't count.

Abbas will say anything Washington pays him to say. Never has and never will do anything to further the Palestinian cause.

I am happy to hear our president saying this to the Jewish leader in the US. Many Pals share this with him but the problem is that if Israel wants to buy this there will be peace which is not in their interest. Simply because the "illusionary security threats" will no longer be valid and on that basis Israel will find itself struggling with the idea that a Palestinian state will be established. I share the president this jewish right because jews have been living there for a long time and its a holy land that belongs to all three abrahamic religions. But Israel has no right to deny the Pals right in a free independent state. Israel must declare its retreat from the Pal territories and let the Pals live in their own state.

I am happy to hear our president saying this to the Jewish leader in the US. Many Pals share this with him but the problem is that if Israel wants to buy this there will be peace which is not in their interest. Simply because the "illusionary security threats" will no longer be valid and on that basis Israel will find itself struggling with the idea that a Palestinian state will be established. I share the president this jewish right because jews have been living there for a long time and its a holy land that belongs to all three abrahamic religions. But Israel has no right to deny the Pals right in a free independent state. Israel must declare its retreat from the Pal territories and let the Pals live in their own state.

I am happy to hear our president saying this to the Jewish leader in the US. Many Pals share this with him but the problem is that if Israel wants to buy this there will be peace which is not in their interest. Simply because the "illusionary security threats" will no longer be valid and on that basis Israel will find itself struggling with the idea that a Palestinian state will be established. I share the president this jewish right because jews have been living there for a long time and its a holy land that belongs to all three abrahamic religions. But Israel has no right to deny the Pals right in a free independent state. Israel must declare its retreat from the Pal territories and let the Pals live in their own state.

Abbas ! you're denying it all the time ! Nobody is fooled by your typical arab way on saying one thing and doing another ! (Well maybe only Obama apparently is ! )

From palwatch.org: "However, an examination of the Palestinian Authority leaders’ statements, official media, children’s programs and PA-controlled events creates a pessimistic picture: Every condition, principle and expectation set by the US and the Quartet for accepting the Palestinian Authority as a partner in the peace process continues to be violated by the Palestinian Authority in the first month of talks."

He obviously didn't mean ownership of all of Ha'aretz Yisrael, but the right to the State of Israel, for us to live and prosper in our own country, just as the Palestinians have a right to a country of their own next to us. It was probably meant as a goodwill gesture and a reassurance. Now this wrong finesse of his wording will be used against him by extremists from all sides with both ridicule and incitement. It will be best to try to ignore them.

This won't bold well in Ramallah.

Abbas tells Jews what they want to hear then he tells the Arabs also what they want to hear which is:that Palestinian refugees and their descendants,about 6 mil of them [equal in numbers to the Jewish population of Israel] have the "right of return" to that country.Not to a future Palestinian state within the armistice lines of 1949-1967 but to Israel proper. This would work extremely well if there would be a peace treaty between two states: Palestine and "Falastin" both predominantly Arab or a "one state" solution possibly named:The Islamic Republic of Absurdistan.A real peace treaty with Israel on such basis is however inconceivable.No wonder the current peace process leads nowhere.

What r u going to do now?

And what do you consider as "land of Israel",Mr.Abbas?

"I would never deny [the] Jewish right to the land of Israel," said Abbas. "East Jerusalem is occupied territory. The entire world recognizes that including the United States of America," Abbas told Charlie Rose Bravo Mr president! With this logic in which the Jews are occupying the land that they have the right to have, peace is just behind the corner . Moreover, one can also be sure that you will say the same, in Arabic, once you are back to the land that the Jews have the right to have. Thank you for such a sentiments and allowances in which most of the Jews will probably be elated.

all this bloodshed for such a small part of land is so pointless. if you really believe that it's more important to control this one little area than it is to find a peaceful solution, as bibi and his gang of morons seem to, then you have issues. seriously.

Thanks for not giving up the rights of jews to this land. But I wonder how come you are giving up the palestinian rights to this land. Their right to return, their right to live in peace and harmony, their right to defend them self, and much more. You must be among the worst leaders, even before hamas, the palestinians might possible get. At least hamas stands up for palestinian rights, and they take more or less equally of palestinian rights like you do.

That is taqiya and NOTHING else

That is taqiya and NOTHING else

I would never deny [the] Jewish right to the land of Israel," said Abbas Abbas is bound to the PLO charter; and therefore will have to fight Israel, with all means, including lies and takiyya. Not all Pals feel the same way, some Pals are friendly and want peace, but that attitude puts them in danger