As part of its continuous, concerted and successful
action-plan to hold onto the Occupied Territories, Israel is cold bloodedly
taking advantage of today’s murderous attack by two Arabs from East Jerusalem,
to slander the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas.
Netanyahu: “the terrorists’ act was a direct result of incitement
led by Hamas, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and irresponsibly
ignored by the international community…”
Economy Minister Bennet: "Abbas, one of the
biggest terrorists to have arisen from the Palestinian people, bears direct
responsibility for the Jewish blood spilt … while we were busy with delusions
about the [peace] process."
Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz "The hands that held the axes
were those of the terrorists, but the voice is that of Abbas." And Foreign Minister
Lieberman called on the international community to condemn Abbas'
"anti-Semitic statements, which lead to terrible acts of slaughter like the
one at the synagogue this morning."
Netanyahu and his senior ministers are lying. More
than that, with their inciting defamatory statements, Netanyahu and his cabinet
are igniting the fire or at least adding fuel to it. Here is what the head
of the shin bet, Israel’s internal security service, Yoram Cohen, said
today: "Abbas is not interested in terror and is not inciting to terror.
He's not even doing so behind closed doors." Moreover, Cohen laid the
blame for the rising tensions in Jerusalem on visits by right-wing Israeli
members of parliament to the Temple Mount and their attempts to introduce
legislation, which would change the status quo on the holy site.
A few weeks ago The US secretary of state, John Kerry, has condemned as “disgraceful”
a description of Netanyahu, as “chickenshit”, attributed to an unnamed US
official. Netanyahu may now be a certified “non- chickenshit” but he should
probably not risk asking for a similar certificate to prove that he is not a
defaming, inciting liar. It is up to the US and the EU not to be chickenshits
and to finally read Israel the riot act.
