ALGEMEINER
by Shmuley Boteach
November 4, 2014

We’ve long witnessed Mahmoud Abbas – “the moderate” – naming public squares after Palestinian terrorists whose hands are dripping with Jewish blood. He posthumously bestowed the “Star of Honor” on Abu Jihad, the mastermind of the 1978 Coastal Road attack – where 38 Israelis, including 13 children, were killed. Abbas called him “the model of a true fighter and devoted leader.” Abbas named a public square after Dalal Mughrabi, the Palestinian woman who led the attack, in 2011.

Last August, Abbas gave a hero’s welcome to Palestinian murderers who were stupidly released by Israel as a goodwill gesture. We’ve also watched as Abbas has slowly become yet another Arab dictator who, once he is elected, ceases all elections. We’ve watched as Abbas has turned the Palestinian Authority into a kleptocracy enriching his two sons Tarik and Yasser as they’ve illegally taken control of the cigarette, construction, and other trades.

Now comes the news that Abbas’ response to last weeks’ shooting by a Palestinian terrorist of an Israeli-American activist in Jerusalem was to write the murderer’s father, praising the killer as a Palestinian hero. All this from the Abbas who wants peace. The man Israel is supposed to be doing business with. The man who is not Hamas. The man who would lead a peaceful Palestinian state…..

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