(Gatestone Institute) Bassam Tawil - A massive campaign is being waged by Palestinians and other Arabs in preparation for the announcement of the U.S. plan for peace in the Middle East. Its theme is that peace with Israel is purportedly a form of surrender and submission that will harm the dignity of Arabs and Muslims. The campaign is designed to terrorize Arabs and Muslims who may wish to accept the U.S. peace plan. Many Arabs and Muslims have been educated to see Israel as an alien body and a "colonial project" planted in the Middle East by Western powers. They therefore cannot accept the presence of Jews on lands they believe belong solely to Muslims. PA President Mahmoud Abbas shares that view. In a speech last year, Abbas quoted Egyptian intellectual Abdel-Wahab El-Messiri, saying that Israel "constitutes a colonialist enterprise that has nothing to do with Judaism."
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