Dr. Aaron Lerner is co-founder of IMRA, Independent Media Review and Analysis, an Israel-based news organization which provides an extensive digest of media, polls and significant interviews and events relating to the Israeli-Arab conflict. imra@netvision.net.il
PA insists Israeli-killing can continue unpunished, despite Annapolis
By Dr. Aaron Lerner
November 29, 2007 Bookmark to del.icio.us
"The PLO renounces the use of terrorism and other acts of violence"
Letter From Yasser Arafat To Prime Minister Rabin: September 9, 1993
"Anyone who did something after the 13th of September [AL: 1993 - Oslo] is out of the deal. They will not qualify for release."
Then-Minister of Environment Yossi Sarid to IMRA 27 June, 1995
"You are talking about people detained for resistance operations that take place during the negotiations between Abu Mazen [AL: aka Mahmoud Abbas] and Mr. Olmert - right? It is the position of the Ministry that all prisoners should be released during this process. They are engaged in resistance against the Israeli occupation - not against the peace process."
Mr. Saleh Nazal, Director, Minister's Office -PA Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs to IMRA 27 November, 2007- the day of the Annapolis Conference.
That's Mr. Saleh Nazal, Director, Minister's Office - PA Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees. Not someone from Hamas.
And he's not taking an independent stand. "Moderate" Mahmoud Abbas emphasized in his Annapolis address that Israel should stop detaining Palestinians.
All the rhetoric in the world about wanting peace and opposing terror are meaningless if at the same time the so-called "moderate" Palestinians believe that any Palestinian who manages to murder an Israeli as the negotiations proceed should enjoy amnesty.
This is not a minor faux pas.
This is a fundamental rejection of the very foundation of the entire "peace process".
The PA position that it is essentially open-Israeli-hunting-season has profound ramifications vis-a-vis the efficacy of Palestinian cooperation in stopping terror.
This cannot and must not be ignored.
The gross failure of Israeli and American officials to address this challenge will doom the so-called peace process from the outset to yield a nightmare rather than a dream.
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