The Praise of Folly (Kerry, Peace Process, ETc..)

[docmauser1]

... There are several reasons for Palestinian Arab reluctance to reach an agreement, each reason is self-sufficient.

• Abbas can't recognize Israel as a Jewish state because it contradicts the basic doctrine of Islam that there shouldn’t be any alien state on the Muslim land. Previously conquered territory by Islam (not only Palestine, but also Andalusia, Sicily and Malta) which was once included in "Dar al-Islam" ("Land of Islam") must be returned to the eternal possession of Arabs;
• Modern Islamic theology claims that Jews do not exist as a nation. Muslim theologians refuse to recognize the existence of Jewish Kingdoms on Land of Israel; according to them the First and Second Temple and all Jewish history are fiction and myth. Furthermore, Abraham (Ibrahim), Moses (Musa), David (Daud) and Solomon (Suleiman) are actually the forefathers of Islam, "stolen" by Judaism. Jews do not constitute a nation, they are disparate groups of tribes and ethnos (from the Khazars to the Berbers) practicing Judaism. And as such, Jews don’t have a right to own land and statehood.
• “Honor” and “Land” are sacral principles of Arab culture. “Honor” does not allow "dhimmi people" to dictate their wish to the "People of Allah". It's forbidden to give away Land to a stranger. Israel, according to this logic, even in the borders of 1967, from Ashkelon (Askelon) to Akre, is an Arabic land. Jordanian king Abdullah I and Anwar Sadat were murdered by Islamic zealots, because they dared to challenge these principles. Let me remind the reader: Abdullah I was assassinated by a zealot because of his desire to make peace with Israel in 1951 when there were neither "occupied territories", nor settlements or even "Palestinian people" as a nation. There were neither "occupied territories", nor settlements when five Arab states invaded on territory of Israel in in May 1948;
• From a Palestinian perspective, Israel is a colonial, alien entity, a tumor on the body of the Arab world. Generations of Palestinians were brought up on such view. This ideology was actively promoted by Abbas in schools, in mosques and in the media. The PLO's Charter with its initial goal to destroy "the Zionist entity" has not been canceled yet. An instructional book called the Palestinian Terminology Guide, released by the PA Ministry of Information, suggests alternative meanings to the following terms: "Israel" is replaced by "The Israeli Colonialist Occupation", "Israel's Defense Minister" by "Israeli Minister of War", "Martyrdom-Seeking Operation" replaces "Suicide Bombing", "Temple Mount" by "Hiram al-Sharif", "Wailing Wall" by "Al-Buraq Wall" and, finally, "Star of David" is replaced by "Six-pointed Star".
• Abbas, like his predecessor Arafat, has never been a statesman. He represents a generation of revolutionary "national liberation movement", nurtured in The Peoples' Friendship University in USSR. Their task was not to create, it was to destroy. An abundance of "useful idiots" in the West allows Palestinians to realize their tasks gradually, through unilateral actions, without any agreements with Israel. Their position is ideal: doing absolutely nothing (except constantly complaining about the occupation), they receive, practically, everything, without jeopardizing themselves. The subsidies that PA has received since 1993 could have turned the 'West Bank' and Gaza into second Singapore; however, all the amounts have mysteriously vanished in Ramallah. (A total of 2.5 billion EUR in aid, that according to a draft report from the European Court, the EU has transferred to Gaza and PA, have disappeared without a trace).
• In an interview то The New York Times former Prime Minister PA Salam Fayyad said bitterly: "Our story is a story of failed leadership, from early on… It is incredible that the fate of the Palestinian people has been in the hands of leaders so entirely casual, so guided by spur-of-the-moment decisions… we hold ourselves hostage to our own rhetoric."
• Abbas is a mere party functionary, an apparatchik, and a conformist. He is lacking the vision of Anwar Sadat, and the dignity of King Hussein. His main aim is to preserve his own wealth, which is estimated at $100 million, and prosperity of his sons, who own the largest businesses in PA; he is not interested in playing "Russian roulette". He knows that he is not legitimate anymore (recent elections in PA that were supposed to be held back in 2010, were postponed under different pretexts). Any careless step would mean a death sentence for him – he has no deficit of enemies in PA: from "young wolfs" in FATH to HAMAS. ...

 

[P F Tinmore]

OK, and?

 

[toastman]

OK, and?

It means the future for the Palestinians doesn't look too bright

 

[docmauser1]

OK, and?

And palistanians lie like a pornstar, too.