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Arafat-Style, Abbas Is Playing with Fire


(Times of Israel) Avi Issacharoff - PA President Mahmoud Abbas signed on papers to join 15 international charters on Tuesday evening in a live broadcast on official television, surrounded by members of the Palestinian leadership. But look deeper and you'll see Abbas did not sign up for big-ticket UN organizations. Look deeper still and you'll note that the applications were not actually filed. Abbas stressed in his speech that he intends to continue negotiations with Israel and the U.S. until the April 29 deadline. However, Abbas' media has already declared the peace talks a failure and stressed the appeal made by Abbas to the Palestinian public to go out and begin peaceful resistance.
2014-04-02 00:00:00
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