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Abbas faults Israel for coming global terror By Jerusalem Newswire
Editorial Staff
July 27th, 2005
PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday attempted to preemptively blame Israel
for future Islamic terror attacks on the international community in an
interview with the United Arab Emirates-based newspaper al Khaleej. If
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon did not follow up his planned
"disengagement" from Gaza and northern Samaria by capitulating to all
Arab demands, he alone "would be held responsible for disturbances that
would ensue in the region and all around the world," Abbas insisted.
Earlier this month, the G8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland released a
statement suggesting Israel's failure to conclude a final peace
agreement with the PLO was a root cause of the recent Islamic terrorist
assault on London.
Abbas said his regime was opposed to prematurely declaring a Palestinian
Arab state in Gaza following the Israeli pullout, and was holding fast
to its demand that Gaza and the "West Bank" be forged into "one
geographical unit."
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice supported the idea of a land
bridge between Gaza and Judea during her meeting with Abbas at the
weekend.
Physically connecting Gaza and PA-controlled Judea would effectively cut
Israel in half, an objective the Arab world sought but failed to achieve
in three full-scale wars against the Jewish state. Many Israelis fear
the open Gaza borders Washington is insisting on and the free flow of
"Palestinian" traffic through sovereign Israel will bring an
unprecedented level of terrorism.
Abbas faults Israel for coming global terror By Jerusalem Newswire
Editorial Staff
July 27th, 2005
PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday attempted to preemptively blame Israel
for future Islamic terror attacks on the international community in an
interview with the United Arab Emirates-based newspaper al Khaleej. If
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon did not follow up his planned
"disengagement" from Gaza and northern Samaria by capitulating to all
Arab demands, he alone "would be held responsible for disturbances that
would ensue in the region and all around the world," Abbas insisted.
Earlier this month, the G8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland released a
statement suggesting Israel's failure to conclude a final peace
agreement with the PLO was a root cause of the recent Islamic terrorist
assault on London.
Abbas said his regime was opposed to prematurely declaring a Palestinian
Arab state in Gaza following the Israeli pullout, and was holding fast
to its demand that Gaza and the "West Bank" be forged into "one
geographical unit."
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice supported the idea of a land
bridge between Gaza and Judea during her meeting with Abbas at the
weekend.
Physically connecting Gaza and PA-controlled Judea would effectively cut
Israel in half, an objective the Arab world sought but failed to achieve
in three full-scale wars against the Jewish state. Many Israelis fear
the open Gaza borders Washington is insisting on and the free flow of
"Palestinian" traffic through sovereign Israel will bring an
unprecedented level of terrorism.