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Not that there was ever any doubt. Why should they accept the offer? Then they have to actually work and build their own state as opposed to blaming Israel for being terrorist assholes and murderous scum.
Palestinians Offered State Five Times The Size Of Palestine By Egyptian President, Abbas Rejects
September 8, 2014
Egyptian President General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has reportedly offered Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas a Palestinian State, in Egypt’s Sinai, which would be five times bigger than anything Israel could offer them in negotiations.
The International Business Times reported today that even though he was offered 1,600 square kilometers of the Sinai Peninsula by al-Sisi, Abbas refused, proving that the Palestinian’s plight, which he represents, are more interested in replacing Israel rather than enjoying a warless state adjacent to their current borders.
As part of the offer to the Palestinian side, Abbas would relinquish their demands that Israel return to the 1967 borders and would, of course, be totally demilitarized. Also as part of the deal Palestinian cities in Judea and Samaria would have been autonomous and continued to be under Palestinian Authority control.
In the meeting between al-Sisi and Abbas, the former is reported to have said to his counterpart, “You are now 80 years old, if you don’t accept this proposal, your successor will.”
Hopefully, Abbas will consider the options and accept the offer, which would finally offer the Palestinian people a large and war-free space to build the state they have dreamt of for so long. Middle East Monitorreported that according to Israeli radio,Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuknows about the offer, and the U.S. has also given their blessing to the initiative.
The Egyptian proposal comes at a time when Abbas is conflicting with Hamas, whom he shares a unity administration with,due to the group’s leadership of Gaza,
"We cannot continue working with Hamas this way. There are 27 undersecretaries of ministries who are running the Gaza Strip, and the national unity government cannot do anything on the ground. We won’t accept the continuation of the situation with Hamas as it is now and in this shape. There must be one authority and one regime."
The fact that Palestinian refugees would be repatriated to the new and spacious independent state as part of the agreement was even more of a sweetener, but Abbas, nevertheless, rejected.
A state like the one proposed to the Palestinians would offer them a much better chance of building a vibrant and peaceful society, without fear of being used as human shields by Hamas who run the Gaza Strip, or fear of being beaten or imprisoned for not adhering to the latest extremist Hamas law, such as alleged adultery and stealing punishments.It seems a shame that the Palestinian people, represented by Abbas, don’t seize this opportunity to get themselves a state once and for all, something they have been fighting for over 60 years.
Palestinians Offered State Five Times The Size Of Palestine By Egyptian President, Abbas Rejects
September 8, 2014
Egyptian President General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has reportedly offered Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas a Palestinian State, in Egypt’s Sinai, which would be five times bigger than anything Israel could offer them in negotiations.
The International Business Times reported today that even though he was offered 1,600 square kilometers of the Sinai Peninsula by al-Sisi, Abbas refused, proving that the Palestinian’s plight, which he represents, are more interested in replacing Israel rather than enjoying a warless state adjacent to their current borders.
As part of the offer to the Palestinian side, Abbas would relinquish their demands that Israel return to the 1967 borders and would, of course, be totally demilitarized. Also as part of the deal Palestinian cities in Judea and Samaria would have been autonomous and continued to be under Palestinian Authority control.
In the meeting between al-Sisi and Abbas, the former is reported to have said to his counterpart, “You are now 80 years old, if you don’t accept this proposal, your successor will.”
Hopefully, Abbas will consider the options and accept the offer, which would finally offer the Palestinian people a large and war-free space to build the state they have dreamt of for so long. Middle East Monitorreported that according to Israeli radio,Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuknows about the offer, and the U.S. has also given their blessing to the initiative.
The Egyptian proposal comes at a time when Abbas is conflicting with Hamas, whom he shares a unity administration with,due to the group’s leadership of Gaza,
"We cannot continue working with Hamas this way. There are 27 undersecretaries of ministries who are running the Gaza Strip, and the national unity government cannot do anything on the ground. We won’t accept the continuation of the situation with Hamas as it is now and in this shape. There must be one authority and one regime."
The fact that Palestinian refugees would be repatriated to the new and spacious independent state as part of the agreement was even more of a sweetener, but Abbas, nevertheless, rejected.
A state like the one proposed to the Palestinians would offer them a much better chance of building a vibrant and peaceful society, without fear of being used as human shields by Hamas who run the Gaza Strip, or fear of being beaten or imprisoned for not adhering to the latest extremist Hamas law, such as alleged adultery and stealing punishments.It seems a shame that the Palestinian people, represented by Abbas, don’t seize this opportunity to get themselves a state once and for all, something they have been fighting for over 60 years.