Bulletin Sept. 19, 2010
PLO ambassador in Lebanon:
Peace talks are stage
in delegitimizing "rebellious, racist" Israel
http://www.palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=3188

by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook
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The PLO's ambassador to Lebanon says that the current peace talks "are not a
goal," but just another stage in the Palestinian attempt to undermine
Israel's legitimacy. The Palestinian Authority official daily reported that
the Ambassador Abdullah Abdullah described the peace talks as part of a
broader process to isolate Israel, "threaten its legitimacy" and present it
as a "rebellious, racist state."

Abdullah indicated that this goal to call attention to Israel's "war crimes"
and isolate it, as was done to South Africa, is already being realized:
"Many Israelis in senior positions are afraid to travel to European
countries lest they be put on trial for their crimes."

Following are the Palestinian goals for the peace talks, according to the
PLO Ambassador Abdullah Abdullah:

"The PLO's representative in Lebanon, Ambassador Abdullah Abdullah,
emphasized yesterday that the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, which have
started in Washington, are not a goal, but rather another stage in the
Palestinian struggle... He believes that Israel will not be dealt a
knock-out defeat, but rather an accumulation of Palestinian achievements and
struggles, as happened in South Africa, to isolate Israel, to tighten the
noose on it, to threaten its legitimacy, and to present it as a rebellious,
racist state. He noted that Israel faces international isolation with doubt
cast on its legitimacy, because of its actions and the war crimes which it
has carried out. He added, 'Many Israelis in senior positions are afraid to
travel to European countries lest they be put on trial for their crimes.'"

[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Sept. 9, 2010]