Israel Matzav: Abu Mazen: Maybe the 'occupation' wasn't so bad after all

Saturday, December 06, 2008

Abu Mazen: Maybe the 'occupation' wasn't so bad after all

'Moderate' 'Palestinian' President ~~Mahmoud Abbas~~ Abu Mazen said on Saturday that 'even Israel' wasn't as bad about preventing 'Palestinians' from making the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca as Hamas is.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accused Hamas of preventing thousands of Palestinians from making the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Israel Radio reported in Saturday night.

Abbas told reporters in Mecca that Israel had never once prevented Palestinians from making the holy visit.

Palestinians wishing to travel to Saudi Arabia through Egypt were not given permits and both Fatah and Hamas were blaming each other for the incident.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, eh Abu?

2 Comments:

At 2:29 AM, NormanF said...: Its news when the Palestinians have something good to say about Israel!
At 2:03 AM, Buck said...: I am not sure that "not as bad as Hamas" is anything good.

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