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Palestinian threats to Arab normalization with Israel

Senior Fatah officials have condemned Oman for hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and lambasted the UAE for allowing Israelis to participate in a world judo competition.

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas (center) attends the Nov. 29, 2017 opening ceremony of the Fatah Party’s Congress in Ramallah. Photo by Flash90.
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas (center) attends the Nov. 29, 2017 opening ceremony of the Fatah Party’s Congress in Ramallah. Photo by Flash90.
  • –“There’s no place for the [Israeli] enemy on the map.” – Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas leader, Oct. 29, 2018.
  • A number of senior Fatah officials, including Munir al-Jaghoob and Mohammed Shtayyeh, have condemned Oman for hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. They have also condemned the UAE for allowing Israelis to participate in the judo competition.
  • So, Fatah and Hamas cannot agree to pay their workers, they cannot agree on supplying electricity to the Gaza Strip, and they cannot agree on providing medical supplies to hospitals there. They do agree, however, on inflicting more harm and damage on their people. If they go on like this, the day will come when the Palestinians will discover that their friends and brothers have become their biggest enemies.
  • Read the full article at Gatestone.
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