Mahmoud Abbas’ duplicity
To Israeli students, Abbas talks peace
To Palestinians, Abbas glorifies murderers of Israeli students
Abbas to Israeli university students:
“Everything we are doing these days is for the young generation in Israel and Palestine, it’s for their future. The younger generation of Palestinians is similar to the Israeli one in that it wants peace.”
[Ynet, Feb. 16, 2014]
Abbas to Palestinians about killing Israeli students:
Abbas praises murderer of 2 Israeli university students:
“Heroic prisoner”
[Official PA TV, Dec. 31, 2013]
PA praises murderer of 4 religious studies students:
“[He] wrote the most wonderful and sublime words of sacrifice with his blood”
[Official PA TV News reporter, Official PA TV, Feb. 10, 2014]
Fatah praises murderer of 3 high school students:
“[He] saturated the soil… with his blood in his heroic operation”
[Fatah praise of killer on casket, Official PA TV, Feb. 11, 2014]
From: Palestinian Media Watch, by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik, Feb. 17, 2014