Abbas Supports Arab War Against Israel

PA President Abbas is up to his, and Arafat’s, old tricks again.  He tells the West in English that he recognizes Israel and seeks peace.  He turns around and says something completely different to the Arab world in Arabic.

“‘We don’t accept the statement [of Hamas]: a [Palestinian] state of resistance and refusal. What we hear from everyone is that the basis is negotiations, at a time that the entire world agrees about this, despite the absence of other options, we either have negotiations or no negotiations, what has put Israel in the corner.

We are unable to confront Israel militarily, and this point was discussed at the Arab League Summit in March in Sirt (Libya). There I turned to the Arab States and I said: ‘If you want war, and if all of you will fight Israel, we are in favor. But the Palestinians will not fight alone because they don’t have the ability to do it.’ He [Abbas] said: ‘The West Bank was completely destroyed and we will not agree that it will be destroyed again,’ in addition to ‘the inability to confront Israel militarily.’” [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), July 6, 2010] via Palestinian Media Watch.

I hate to sound repetitive, but I will say it again.  What partner for peace?