Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Zechariah 12:3,9 -
NEWS STRAIGHT FROM THE MIDDLE EAST:
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas:
"All hell has broken loose ahead of UN statehood bid"
By JerusalemPost.com staff and REUTERS
Palestinian Authority president admits he is under "huge" international pressure over statehood gambit as US, Russian, EU and UN diplomats meet in ongoing effort to persuade PA to forgo move.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday said that he remains committed to seeking full membership for a Palestinian state at the United Nations despite the fact that that he is facing "huge" international pressure to abandon the plan and he expects "difficult times" in the aftermath of the bid.
"We decided to take this step and all hell has broken out against us," Abbas was quoted by the Ma'an news agency as tellling reporters on his flight to New York.
From TEL AVIV – The Palestinian Authority has information about terrorist attacks being planned to coincide with its bid this week to seek a unilateral declaration of state at the United Nations.
Despite knowledge of which cells may be plotting attacks, the Palestinian Authority has made an internal security decision to not disrupt the violent plans or arrest cell members, informed Israeli security officials said.
The security officials said the plots are being hatched by both Hamas and by renegade members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the so-called military wing of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party.
Netanyahu is slated to address the U.N. General Assembly on Friday, the same day Abbas will officially submit his statehood bid.
"It's important to go there and tell our truth as a people who want peace and have been attacked so many times," Netanyahu continued.
"I've told the Palestinian Authority chair many times, including yesterday, that the path to peace comes through negotiations and not through unilateral acts. The way to get to the end of negotiations is to start them and stick with them. That's what Israel wanted to do, but the Palestinians refused. There is a growing understanding in the world about what has to be done before a state is created. That's what I will speak about in the UN."
The prime minister insisted that Israel doesn't "want peace just on paper but a lasting peace."
"For that we need to stand up for our interests. It's easier to give in and not stand up and get applauded by the world that doesn't understand what we have been through.
Netanyahu explained his decision to address the U.N. was taken to ensure the Palestinian move to "circumvent negotiations" does not succeed, and "to present our truth, which is that we are not foreigners and we have rights going back 4,000 years."
Netanyahu added, "We are ready to enter negotiations if the Palestinians want to. At the end of the day. I believe that after the smoke clears the Palestinians will come to their senses and sit down for negotiations that will bring peace for us and our neighbors."
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And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
NEWS STRAIGHT FROM THE MIDDLE EAST:
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas:
"All hell has broken loose ahead of UN statehood bid"
By JerusalemPost.com staff and REUTERS
Palestinian Authority president admits he is under "huge" international pressure over statehood gambit as US, Russian, EU and UN diplomats meet in ongoing effort to persuade PA to forgo move.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday said that he remains committed to seeking full membership for a Palestinian state at the United Nations despite the fact that that he is facing "huge" international pressure to abandon the plan and he expects "difficult times" in the aftermath of the bid.
"We decided to take this step and all hell has broken out against us," Abbas was quoted by the Ma'an news agency as tellling reporters on his flight to New York.
From TEL AVIV – The Palestinian Authority has information about terrorist attacks being planned to coincide with its bid this week to seek a unilateral declaration of state at the United Nations.
Despite knowledge of which cells may be plotting attacks, the Palestinian Authority has made an internal security decision to not disrupt the violent plans or arrest cell members, informed Israeli security officials said.
The security officials said the plots are being hatched by both Hamas and by renegade members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the so-called military wing of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party.
Netanyahu is slated to address the U.N. General Assembly on Friday, the same day Abbas will officially submit his statehood bid.
"It's important to go there and tell our truth as a people who want peace and have been attacked so many times," Netanyahu continued.
"I've told the Palestinian Authority chair many times, including yesterday, that the path to peace comes through negotiations and not through unilateral acts. The way to get to the end of negotiations is to start them and stick with them. That's what Israel wanted to do, but the Palestinians refused. There is a growing understanding in the world about what has to be done before a state is created. That's what I will speak about in the UN."
The prime minister insisted that Israel doesn't "want peace just on paper but a lasting peace."
"For that we need to stand up for our interests. It's easier to give in and not stand up and get applauded by the world that doesn't understand what we have been through.
Netanyahu explained his decision to address the U.N. was taken to ensure the Palestinian move to "circumvent negotiations" does not succeed, and "to present our truth, which is that we are not foreigners and we have rights going back 4,000 years."
Netanyahu added, "We are ready to enter negotiations if the Palestinians want to. At the end of the day. I believe that after the smoke clears the Palestinians will come to their senses and sit down for negotiations that will bring peace for us and our neighbors."
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