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Arab Paper: Abbas' Insistence on Settlement Freeze Pointless
(Ynet News) Roee Nahmias - In a column in Asharq al-Awsat titled "The Palestinian President's Gifts," Al-Arabiya TV Director-General Abd al-Rahman al-Rashed slammed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas over his insistence on a construction freeze in the West Bank, "In exchange for 90 days of construction freeze the Palestinian president gave Israel 20 fighter jets...and has prompted Jewish donors around the world to support the construction of houses and apartments in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem," he wrote. "Had it not been for the freeze terms, the Israelis might not have won all this. The Palestinian side fell victim to the illusion that halting settlement building is beneficial."