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The Palestine Mirage: A Futile UN Gesture that Violates the Oslo Accords
(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - Palestinian President Abbas on Thursday spoke of the "unprecedented historical injustice inflicted on the Palestinian people since Al-Nakba [the catastrophe] of 1948." That would not have happened had the Arabs not sought to murder Israel in its crib by invading it. Accusing Israel of "ethnic cleansing," "an apartheid system of colonial occupation," "the plague of racism," and more, Abbas received a standing ovation. But Israelis who spent recent days in bomb shelters while Iranian-built missiles were fired at them from Gaza probably weren't cheering. In effect, the General Assembly voted to violate the 1993 Oslo Accords, which are the legal basis for Abbas' Palestinian Authority and require negotiations with Israel to create a state. Somebody needs to send Abbas the message that there's a price to be paid for flouting his agreements with Israel and ignoring the pleas of the Administration. The tragedy of Thursday's vote is that it will only encourage Palestinians to remain in their make-believe world.