In advance of U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel, to the Palestinian Authority (PA) headed by President Mahmoud ‘Abbas, clearly articulated what it expected the visit to yield – namely the fulfillment of a series of commitments they claim Biden made them during his election campaign and since the start of his presidency.
Chief among these demands are:
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Removal of the PLO from the Congress list of terror organizations;
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Reopening of the PLO representation in Washington, which was shut down by the previous administration;
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Reopening of the U.S. consulate in East Jerusalem (which Israel has rejected as is their legal right), which served as the U.S. representation to the PA until it was closed upon the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital;
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Renewal of the U.S. financial aid to the PA, halted in August 2018 by president Trump; (Biden has already restored nearly $500 million in US funding to the Palestinian Authority and UNRWA, the corrupt UN organization that provides more free handouts to the Palestinians)
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Exerting significant pressure on Israel to halt what the Palestinian leadership refers to as Israel’s unilateral settlement activities in the
West Bank(Judea & Samaria which is Israeli territory), its attempts to change the status quo in East Jerusalem (There is no such area as East Jerusalem. Jerusalem is Jerusalem and it is the capital of Israel. Period) and Al-Aqsa, and the escalation of its actions against the Palestinians; -
Reiteration of the U.S. commitment to the two-state solution, and serious action towards renewing the negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel.
These demands were repeatedly stated in meetings and contacts between Palestinian and U.S. officials ahead of Biden’s visit, and in Palestinian officials’ media statements. According to reports, the atmosphere of these exchanges was tense, after the Americans informed the Palestinians that these moves would not be promoted in the near future.
The Palestinian’s anger and frustration with the American position caused them to lower their expectations from the visit, and also to threaten that, if the visit fails to produce any breakthrough or create a political horizon, and if none of their demands are met, they will be forced to implement decisions taken by the PLO Central Council in February 2022. These decisions include:
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Suspending the PA’s recognition of Israel until the latter recognizes a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders whose capital is East Jerusalem,
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Revoking all the PLO’s agreements with Israel, suspending the security coordination with Israel in all its forms, and drafting practical measures for transforming the Palestinian Authority into a sovereign Palestinian state.
The June 26 editorial of the PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida cited an article by former Jordanian foreign minister Marwan Al-Mu’asher and political analyst and human rights activist Zaha Hassan, published recently in the U.S. magazine Foreign Affairs,[16] in which they warned the Biden administration that its policy towards the Palestinians was a recipe for violence. The editorial clarified that, if Biden’s visit fails to create a political horizon, the violence will indeed continue:
Fatah Revolutionary Council member and Al-Hayat Al-Jadida columnist Muwaffaq Matar likewise warned that, in the current situation, there are only two options: Biden’s visit will either restart the political process, or it will lead to consequences that the Israelis cannot imagine, and the U.S. administration will be responsible for this.
He wrote: “The U.S. administration will have to bear the consequences for the fact that we [Palestinians] have only two options, and no third option: either a breakthrough in a peace process based on the UN resolutions – which must begin with practical measures and by exerting pressure on the occupation, settlement and apartheid state, i.e., the state of Israel… – or else the second option, which will [dire] beyond the expectations of the experts and strategic analysts of the Israeli occupation and its supporters…”
Linda Rivera says
For Muslims, the Fascist Left and every Jew-hater on the planet, it has always been JEWISH LAND in EXCHANGE for WAR.
And the total destruction of the TINY Jewish nation and a Huge, Second Holocaust of Jews in the God-given Jewish Holy Land.
If the PA leader told the truth about who Islam’s main enemy is, Rajoub would have stated that their main enemy is the HOLY ONE, our Precious, Awesome, Wonderful Creator who dwells in unapproachable light.
https://www.meforum.org/63365/israel-the-victor-should-demand-palestinian
Israel, the Victor, Should Demand Palestinian Concessions Ahead of Biden Visit
……….In 2013, senior Palestinian Authority leader Jibril Rajoub said, “We the Palestinians are a source of concern for Israel. Our main enemy, not just as Palestinians, but Arabs and Muslims, is Israel.
In the name of Allah, if we had nuclear weapons, we’d be using them.”
Linda Rivera says
$BILLIONS of US dollars have been immorally taken, and continue to be taken from US taxpayers without their consent and against their will to finance the PLO/Palestinian Authority Occupation Forces MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.
Israel was given by the HOLY ONE to Jews as an everlasting possession thousands of years before the MURDER BLOOD CONQUEST Cult of Islam was invented by warlord Mohammad and Mohammad’s GOD of DARKNESS.
Abbas and his Muslim terrorist occupiers of Jewish Judea and Samaria make no attempt to conceal their goal is complete destruction of the tiny Jewish homeland and a Second Huge Genocide of Jews in the Holy Land.
The UN, EU, America, Britain, and other Western governments and intelligence agencies are fully aware of these facts. Yet our exceptionally wicked governments finance Muslim Terrorist Killer Savages of Jews and the planned complete destruction of the tiny Jewish homeland and a Second Huge Genocide of Jews in the Holy Land.
Jack Rider says
The PA does not kerp its own word so how could they hold Biden to his. Second, it is one thing when a politician makes a promise to those he wants to vote for him but another when such politician makes a statement to a party who cannot vote for him. It’s a gratuitous promise and not binding (neither is the one given to a voter for teamster). Third, where does Abu Mazen come off threatening the president of the US?
Cleavis W Nowell says
An apartheid lavishly funded terrorist state is what the Pigsstygian no authority president is demanding.
BLR says
Biden will cave the Israelis will stand firm we will be out millions more dollars the pallies will pass out candy to celebrate … toothless dogs bark the loudest but they got no bite on the Israelis ass … we seen it all before from other Democrat Pressies
VMS says
Why are we paying anything to those Palis? It just gives them the financial wherewithal to continue their terror rein against Israel.
Abbas seems to want to demand without any negotiation. Is he willing to tell his,people,to stop the terror strikes. Of course not. Is he willing to return captured Israeinsoldiersbto their families? Of course not
Pray Hard says
Is he dead yet?