What’s subsequent after Abbas’s newest menace? – Center East Monitor

Yearly, Mahmoud Abbas presents us with a speech addressed to the UN, and it’s usually prefaced by statements from the leaders of the Fatah motion and staff of the PLO, who Abbas appointed as representatives of outdated factions. These statements consult with a brand new speech as “bombs” and, typically, to” surprises” however, in the end, the mountain labours and convey forth a mouse.

Since assuming his three positions (head of Fatah, the PA, and the PLO) Abbas has by no means lived as much as the greatness and sacrifices of the Palestinian individuals, neither in his speeches nor in his actions on the bottom, which is a very powerful of all.

Since then, he has been committing nationwide taboos, which nobody anticipated, and is even doing so in public. This isn’t unusual for a person who stood towards all of the Palestinian individuals and their forces in probably the most splendid interval in its historical past because the Nakba (Al-Aqsa Intifada), and he allowed himself for use towards the late Yasser Arafat. The consequence was a coup towards the thought of returning to armed wrestle in alternate for reviving the Oslo Accords and sanctifying safety cooperation with the enemy. It additionally allowed the invaders to train the most cost effective occupation in historical past (this final line was stated by him) and rejecting the resistance. Earlier than this, he eradicated the fitting of return by speaking concerning the consolation of refugees of their host international locations. That is along with many different catastrophes by him, like when he didn’t dwell as much as the extent of the sacrifices made by the individuals through the Jerusalem Intifada and the Sword of Jerusalem battle, in addition to making Hamas’ recognition of the selections made by UN a situation for reconciliation.

If you speak about all of this with some members of the “Fatah tribe”,—sadly I’ve had to make use of this expression—they reply by saying that the person was clear and frank in his programme. It’s as if publicising nationwide deterioration makes it a noble act or saying the programme exempts him from assessment. That is regardless of his virtually 20 years of absolute failure and the elevated Judaisation, settlement, and oppression. It’s price noting that Oslo’s largest justification was to cease the occupation devouring extra land.

What makes the person’s catastrophes extra depressing is that his period has witnessed unprecedented speeches and positions by the Zionists, not solely from Netanyahu but in addition from the newcomer to the Israeli authorities, Bennett. Overtly rejecting the Palestinian State by no means occurred earlier than Abbas’s rule (the issue was in its situations). In the meantime, everybody is aware of that Jerusalem got here outdoors the negotiations throughout his rule as nicely, as Tzipi Livni stated to his chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, throughout Olmert’s rule, in addition to her refusal of the return of even one refugee to the territories occupied in 1948.

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Thus, Abbas’s rule is the worst within the historical past of the Palestinian nationwide motion on each degree, particularly after we add to it the interval of Arab normalisation that was, and nonetheless is, utilizing the justification that the PA is the best normaliser. That is to say his elevated begging of the enemy and returning to conferences with its officers (Bennett is the one refusing to fulfill Abbas) with out assembly the situation of freezing settlement growth, which has gone on for about 10 years. He then entered Biden’s maze, represented by “financial peace” which provides some life to the shameful PA in alternate for killing the Palestinian trigger, which regained glory through the Jerusalem Intifada and the Sword of Jerusalem battle.

Now, we come to the brand new speech, which he started with the standard weeping we’re all aware of, after which ended by saying, “This can be a second of reality with the occupying Energy. We’re at a crossroads. We have now had sufficient. This example can not proceed, and our individuals can not endure it any longer.”

What he stated subsequent was comical, “Choices can be found, together with returning to an answer based mostly on the partition plan of decision 181 (II) adopted in 1947 which provides the State of Palestine 44% of the land.” He didn’t get 22 per cent however is now demanding 44 per cent.

After that, he promised a “shock” when he stated, “Israel, the occupying Energy, has one yr to withdraw from the Palestinian territory it occupied in 1967, together with East Jerusalem.” If this doesn’t occur, (he asks reasonably than solutions) “If this isn’t achieved, why sustaining recognition of Israel based mostly on the 1967 borders?”

Then what? He stated that he would go to the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice in The Hague, ignoring the existence of a ruling it made in 2005, which was a turning level within the historical past of worldwide establishments that have been thought-about stronger than Decision 242 however ended up being simply ink on paper.

That is the abstract of the nice speech by Abbas, and these are his upcoming surprises that his spokesmen promised us!

The query that’s directed to the members of the tribe who give him legitimacy is: Will you ask him subsequent yr to withdraw recognition of the enemy state? No, you’ll not. Will you ask him to vary course? No, you’ll not, and you’ll proceed the sport of justifications and excuses.

If nothing is anticipated of those individuals, apart from a bunch that prioritises the trigger, then why ought to the Palestinian individuals proceed to run after Abbas?

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Mustn’t the resistance forces be held liable for revolting towards him and looking for an alternate path that represents all Palestinians, comparable to a complete rebellion undertaking that anybody can be part of? It’s true that this requires the restoration of the forces within the West Financial institution, (primarily Hamas) and altering their mechanisms of motion and people liable for it, however the launch of the undertaking, clearly, has grow to be a necessity.

There isn’t a hope for Abbas, and it’s possible that his options can be just like him, that means that ready for his departure can be ineffective and an entire waste of time.

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