He noted that England and the United States participated in the process of bringing Jews to Palestine after the Holocaust, seeking to solve the problem of having Jews without suffering the consequences.” “Abbas spoke for about two and half hours about how Jews were brought to Israel. He arrived here and saw a people, and for that reason, spoke of the need to get rid of the Palestinians.”” “Abbas then turned to the United Kingdom, saying that “we continue to demand an apology from the British for the Balfour Declaration, and we will continue to demand their recognition of a Palestinian state.” He noted that “Herzl’s phrase ‘a land without a people for a people without a land’ was made up. He also made false claims regarding Theodor Herzl: “Prisoners and their family members are our sons, and we will continue to give them stipends.” The Palestinian president expressed the intention to continue providing payments to convicted terrorists and their families. “Israel has imported frightening amounts of drugs in order to destroy our younger generation.” Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley too, she threatens to hit people who hurt Israel with the heel of her shoe, and we’ll respond in the same way.”Ībbas also promoted the following unoriginal smear: They requested that I meet him and I refused, not in Jerusalem, not in Amman, not in Washington. He is an offensive human being, and I will not agree to meet with him anywhere. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman is a settler who is opposed to the term occupation. Ha’aretz reported that Abbas personally attacked US officials, saying: However, that 162 word portrayal of the speech made by Abbas – which went on for more than two hours – omits parts of its content. “Would you want to make a state with Abu Dis as its capital?”” “What would you want, if Jerusalem were to be lost?” he asked rhetorically, according to the Jerusalem Post. “On Sunday, Mr Abbas suggested Palestinians were being offered the village of Abu Dis, outside Jerusalem, as the capital of a future Palestinian state. Under the sub-heading “Did he say anything new?” readers were also told that: “I am saying that Oslo, there is no Oslo,” he added. Speaking to Palestinian faction leaders in Ramallah on Sunday, he said: “The deal of the century is the slap of the century and we will not accept it.” He also accused Israel itself of putting an end to the 1994 Oslo Accords, which began the peace process. “Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has described US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace efforts as the “slap of the century”.Īt a meeting of Palestinian leaders, he stressed he would not accept any peace plan from the US after it recognised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The BBC reported the content of Abbas’ speech as follows: For the second time in a month, BBC News does a 'makeover' on a speech by the PA president.Īn article that appeared on the BBC News website on January 14 th under the headline “ Jerusalem embassy: Abbas says Trump plan ‘slap of the century’ ” purports to inform audiences about a speech made by the Palestinian president and PLO chairman at a meeting of the PLO central council.
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