Israel Matzav

PLO to set up Arab organization to support 'armed resistance'

Lest you delude yourselves that the PLO has any intention of ever making peace with Israel....

PLO executive committee member Muhammad Zuhdi Al-Nashashibi, who resides in Jordan, told the online newspaper Al-Mustaqbal Al-Arabi that he plans to found an Arab body that will defend the right of the Palestinian people to defend itself with arms against the occupation, in accordance with the UN Charter and the laws which permit this. He attacked PA President Mahmoud 'Abbas for disarming the resistance and dismantling its infrastructures as part of the Road Map, when Israel is not putting a halt to its settlement activity.

Al-Nashashibi added that he will urge Arab attorneys to take legal steps to restore Arab real estate in West Jerusalem to its former owners, based on documents from before 1948, in an attempt to elicit court rulings similar to those issued to Jews regarding real estate in East Jerusalem, especially in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.

If the name Nashashibi doesn't ring a bell to most of you, go here. It's one of the most prominent 'Palestinian' clans, and it traces its ancestry in Israel back for hundreds of years (I cannot verify whether that is true). Think of them like the better-known Husseinis.

What could go wrong?

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:28 AM