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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/1.727527
Abbas and the European Parliament: Incitement in Spades
(Ha'aretz) Jonathan A. Greenblatt - PA President Mahmoud Abbas has apologized for telling the European Parliament that rabbis in Israel "have said very clearly to their government that our water should be poisoned." But his speech included other provocative elements. At a time when the world is coping with the horrors of ISIS terror, Abbas claimed that "once the occupation ends, terrorism will disappear, there will be no more terrorism in the Middle East, or anywhere else in the world." One can seek peace between Israelis and Palestinians without attributing to it a magical ability to solve the enormous threat from ISIS. In addition, Abbas charged that Israel has started three wars in Gaza. In fact, of course, it was Hamas deliberately attacking Israeli civilians and making life in Sderot and other Israeli cities unbearable that forced Israel to attack Hamas in Gaza. Despite his litany of untruths, the European Parliament members gave Abbas a standing ovation. The writer is national director of the Anti-Defamation League.