(Gatestone Institute) Bassam Tawil - PA President Mahmoud Abbas may soon be known for his sense of humor, after telling President Trump, "We are raising our youth...on a culture of peace." The Oslo Accords, signed between Israel and the PLO in 1993, gave the Palestinians media outlets, including television and radio stations, which were then used to amplify hatred against Israel and Jews on a daily basis. The Second Intifada that began in September 2000 was the result of seven years of vicious incitement and indoctrination. Abbas continues to use non-existent threats to the al-Aqsa Mosque to incite Palestinian youths against Israel. He talks about "herds of settlers storming al-Aqsa Mosque" - in reality, peaceful routine visits by Jews to the Temple Mount. In September 2015, Abbas stated that he "welcomed every drop of blood that is spilled in Jerusalem," and soon after, Palestinians began waging a campaign of knife and car-ramming attacks against Israelis. Is this the "culture of peace" to which Abbas is referring?
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