Monday, October 20, 2014

PA, Hamas speak as one - Dr. Reuven Berko



by Dr. Reuven Berko


Anyone concerned with the question of the Palestinian factions' unity can rest at ease -- the Palestinian terrorist corporation comprising Hamas and the Palestinian Authority does indeed speak as one.

Hamas political office leader Khaled Mashaal on Friday urged any able-bodied Palestinian to defend the Al-Aqsa mosque, saying that given Israel's presence in the area, armed resistance embodies the true meaning of jihad. 

The very next day, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the "peace-seeking" terrorists making up the 14th session of the Fatah Revolutionary Council in Ramallah, and echoed Mashaal's statement, urging the heads of the Palestinian terrorists groups to "spare no effort" to keep Israeli "settlers" from visiting Al-Aqsa, which is, as he put it, "our mosque and our church. The Israelis have no right to enter it and defile it."

The bellicose phrase "spare no effort" came as no surprise from the Palestinian leader, who, in his recent speech at the United Nations, called on his people to "continue in their resistance against Israel according to the legacy of the fedayeen" -- the Palestinian guerrillas.

Only weeks ago, Hamas -- the Palestinian Authority's partner -- fired rockets at Jerusalem sites held sacred by all three major religions. And now, as the representative of an imaginary people that has no historical, religious or legal claim to Jerusalem, Abbas has professed both concern and the proprietary right to Jerusalem, and has blamed Israel for desecrating the holy city and creating a religious conflict. 

Meanwhile, the West continues to ignore church burnings and Christian persecution in the Middle East, and seems oblivious to the bombings of ancient mosques by Muslim terrorists. As far as the West is concerned, it seems that the threat of global Islamist terrorism has little to do with Iran and Turkey's territorial ambitions, the disintegration of Arab regimes in the area, the Shiite-Sunni crisis, or the global domination conspiracies of radical Islamic groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood or the Revolutionary Guards.

As always, the one to control the purse strings is the one to set the agenda. Qatar has pledged $100 billion for the rehabilitation of the Gaza Strip, and therefore it has the power to dictate the course of events.

Qatar is a known supporter of Hamas, the Islamic Movement in Israel, and various other terrorist groups striving to undermine the Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian regimes, and over the weekend it ordered its flagship news network, Al Jazeera, to interview Abdullah Abadi, head of the Jerusalem department in Jordan's Islamic Waqf. 

The belligerent interview portrayed Jordan, which oversees the management of the Al-Aqsa compound as part of its peace treaty with Israel, as a helpless accomplice to the "failure" which is the Israeli "takeover" of the area. The latter, Al Jazeera claimed, is meant to undermine the Palestinian and Islamic character of the compound in a bid to take it over.

Those who know how to read between the lines understand that this was essentially a green light for acts of terror against Israel, but the threat was also directed at Jordan, with aim of further undermining its control over the mosque and drive it out of Jerusalem. This was an attempt to kill two birds with one stone, which is perhaps why Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh filed a complaint against Israel with the U.N., in a bid to cover all bases.

Some in the West seem eager to recognize the Palestinian terrorist state, while the Islamic Movement is already running rampant in Jerusalem, justifying the funding it receives. Abbas and Mashaal are perfectly coordinated on that point -- given ample funding, terrorist leaders find it easy to light the fuse, and Jerusalem is in their crosshairs.


Dr. Reuven Berko

Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=10289

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