Terrorist Abu Mazen, a/k/a Mahmoud Abbas, has written to US President-elect Donald Trump telling him not to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, according to official Palestinian media reports.
According to Aljazeera, In an official letter, Abbas gave warning that such a move would have a "disastrous impact on the peace process, on the two-state solution and on the stability and security of the entire region", Palestinian news agency Wafa said on Monday.
Adding insult to injury, Abu Mazen also sent letters to other world powers, including Russia, China and the European Union, calling on them to "spare no effort" to prevent the US from making the move, Wafa reported.
Imagine, threatening Donald Trump. Hard to believe.
Abu Mazen basically is parroting what soon-to-be-former U.S. Secretary of State Kerry already told Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on behalf of Kerry's boss, lame duck president Obama.
So far, Trump has not responded to Abu Mazen's threat, apparently treating the threat -- and its source -- much as an elephant reacts to an ant on its back.
Trump’s position, and that of the Republican-dominated Congress, it to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, a defacto recognition of the city as Israel's capital.
It must be amusing to Trump and his advisors and to Israelis that Abu Mazen's threat predicts a "disastrous impact on the peace process, on the two-state solution and on the stability and security of the entire region."
What peace process?" Abu Mazen & friends refuse to discuss anything with the Israelis until the Israelis meet an always changing list of pre-conditions.
What two state solution? Without bilateral talks, sans pre-conditions, there can be no "two state" solution.
What stability and security of the entire region? Does Abu Mazen really believe his pique against Israel inflames the region. Did he forget or just ignore Obama's "Arab Spring" that did indeed ignite the Middle East; is he blind in one eye and can't see out of the other to ignore Iran's influence in the region? Israel and the PA actually are in the most stable and secure area of the region, even with the PA's and Hamas' continued attacks on Israelis.
If Trump reacts to Abu Mazen as he has to other ants on the elephant's back, there will be a "social media" response and a stronger push to quickly relocate the embassy to Jerusalem.
Unlike his predecessors, Trump may actually keep his pre-election promises, including moving the embassy. (It pays to listen to what Trump says rather than reading what the media would have us believe.)
Abu Mazen has missed many opportunities to negotiate with Israel, to improve the lot of his citizens. Goading Trump almost guarantees he will miss any future opportunities; he was unwilling to negotiate when he had the U.S. president in pocket; as of January 20, his pockets will be empty.
Ants never should try to bully elephants; they never win.
URLs citing Abu Mazen's threat:
Press TV (Iran)
Middle East Eye (UK)
Aljazeera (Qatar)
Newsweek (U.S.)
