Israel Matzav

The 'Palestinians' threaten the United States

It is perhaps more indicative than anything else of how low Barack Hussein Obama has dragged America's world standing that this weasel feels free to threaten the United States.

The Palestinian Authority on Saturday warned the US against using its Security Council veto to thwart its plan to seek UN membership for a Palestinian state this week.

A US veto would “destroy” the two-state solution, the PA said.

The warning came after PA President Mahmoud Abbas announced in a speech in Ramallah that he would ask the UN Security Council to accept membership of a Palestinian state.

“We are going to the Security Council,” he declared. “As soon as I finish delivering my speech [at the UN on Friday], I will submit the application [for membership] to the UN secretary-general, who will relay it to the president of the Security Council.”

Abbas said that his “extensive and sincere” efforts to reach an agreement that would end the “occupation” and lead to an independent Palestinian state through negotiations had hit a dead end.

He blamed “Israeli intransigence” for failure of the peace process.

Ahem. Just curious. Which side has refused to negotiate for the last two and a half years? Which side turned down an offer that was 97% of what they wanted, deciding that the Americans would deliver the other side. Oh. That side.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s office said in response, “Peace is not achieved by taking unilateral steps at the UN and not by linking up with the Hamas terror organization. Peace can only be achieved through direct negotiations with Israel.

“The leadership of the Palestinian Authority has consistently evaded peace negotiations with Israel.

When the Palestinian Authority will abandon these futile and unilateral measures at the UN, it will find Israel to be a genuine partner for direct peace negotiations.”

And lest you think that accepting a 'Palestinian state' will end the efforts to destroy the Jewish state of Israel...

Zakariya al-Agha, the PLO’s top representative in the Gaza Strip, also warned against the consequences of a US veto.

The PA was going to the UN because US President Barack Obama, in his speech to the UN in September 2010, talked about the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state within one year, Agha said.

Calling on Palestinians to take to the streets on Wednesday to support the statehood bid, Agha emphasized the importance of avoiding violence, “so as not to give the Israeli government any excuses to ignite the region.”

The statehood bid would not affect the Palestinian refugees’ “right of return” to their original homes inside Israel, the PLO official said.

“The Palestinian state is being established in connection with UN [Security Council] Resolutions 242 and 338,” he said. “But the right of return for the refugees is guaranteed through UN [General Assembly] Resolution 194.”

I wonder if the first street in 'Palestine' will be named Obama Street or Peres Street. I can't think of anyone else who has contributed more to the establishment of a 'Palestinian' reichlet (God forbid) in place of Israel than those two.

Labels: Palestinian state RIGHT NOW syndrome, right of return, Unilateral declaration of independence (UDI)

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:12 AM