"He exposed what we've been saying all the time, that the root of the conflict is his basic refusal to recognize a Jewish state in any borders," Netanyahu said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on a visit to India this week, remarked that the Abbas speech revealed his true colors and that he actually helped Israel politically with his stilted version of history and anti-Semitic remarks.
But Abbas's gamble to undercut both Washington and Jerusalem in one speech severely damaged what little remained of his stature to negotiate the future of the Palestinians. We're in a very unique window on this matter."īennett is not prime minister, and many if not most Israelis aren't ready for the internal political wars over annexation. "The time for sovereignty has arrived," Bennett said, "and it's time to bring this idea from potential to reality. But Abbas's extreme statements, including his reference to Israel as a "colonial project that had nothing to do with Judaism," has left Israelis across the political spectrum wondering how Abbas could possibly have a future as a peace partner. It was an idea that received little attention – and mostly scorn – at the time. Six years ago, Bennett proposed a law that would create Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria (a/k/a the West Bank). Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett told his Jewish Home Party this week that Abbas "and the idea of a Palestinian state are passing from the world." They view the Palestinian leader's speech as the final flailing of a ruler who has governed on borrowed time for years. While global media outlets parse the latest tweets and statements from the Trump White House, many in Israel's government are paying more attention to the words of Abbas. He also pronounced the death of the Oslo Accords, the basis for 25 years of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. JERUSALEM, Israel – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas drew some big lines in the sand during his Sunday speech to the PLO Central Council: no cooperation with President Trump, no role for the United states as a broker in the Middle East, no acceptance of the Trump Middle East peace plan before it has even been announced), no Jewish historical ties to the land of the Bible.
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