Professor Alan Dershowitz reminds us that among the "root causes" of Islamic terrorism is the simple fact that it often works. Western governments often respond to terrorist demands, accommodating when pressured by their populace. Any quarter given to Islamic terrorists is exploited as weakness in their violent calculus. Even when Islamic terror groups do not get what they've demanded, they gain much when the whole world pays attention to what they've done. The quote the former Palestinian Liberation Organization's chief observer at the United Nations, Zehdi Labib Terzi, "The first several hijackings aroused the consciousness of the world and awakened the media and the world opinion much more—and more effectively—than twenty years of pleading at the United Nations." So, it is clear that when Islamic terrorism is rewarded, it invites more terror and we in the West refuse to learn that lesson.
Mahmoud Abbas: Murdering Israelis is "popular peaceful uprising" - PMW Bulletins
Mahmoud Abbas: Murdering Israelis is "popular peaceful uprising"
A statement by PA Chairman Abbas explains why he has not yet condemned even one of the 22 murders of Israelis during the past two months of terror, even though he tells the international community he is against terror. Referring to the current Palestinian terror uprising, which at the time of Abbas’ statement had already murdered 14 Israelis and wounded 167 in 65 stabbings and 8 shootings, Abbas announced on PA TV that it is a “peaceful uprising.” [Figures from http://mfa.gov.il]
Abbas: “No one called for this uprising and no one asked for it. It stemmed from the hearts of the young... We said to everyone that we want peaceful popular uprising, and that’s what this is. That’s what this is. However, the aggression of firing bullets has come from the Israelis.”
[Official PA TV, Nov. 16, 2015]
Mahmoud Abbas: Murdering Israelis is "popular peaceful uprising" - PMW Bulletins
Mahmoud Abbas: Murdering Israelis is "popular peaceful uprising"
A statement by PA Chairman Abbas explains why he has not yet condemned even one of the 22 murders of Israelis during the past two months of terror, even though he tells the international community he is against terror. Referring to the current Palestinian terror uprising, which at the time of Abbas’ statement had already murdered 14 Israelis and wounded 167 in 65 stabbings and 8 shootings, Abbas announced on PA TV that it is a “peaceful uprising.” [Figures from http://mfa.gov.il]
Abbas: “No one called for this uprising and no one asked for it. It stemmed from the hearts of the young... We said to everyone that we want peaceful popular uprising, and that’s what this is. That’s what this is. However, the aggression of firing bullets has come from the Israelis.”
[Official PA TV, Nov. 16, 2015]