Jag motsätter mig väpnad kamp-för tillfället

Mahmoud Abbas, den "moderata" ledaren för palestinierna som omvärlden satsar allt på, gav några belysande kommentarer i en intervju idag.
"Jag motsätter mig väpnad kamp, för tillfället, men senare kan det vara en möjlighet för det palestinska folket.
Abbas var också stolt över att han avfyrade det första skottet 1965 och sedan dess har han varit med och utbildat många "motståndskämpar" bland annat Hizzbollah

Utdrag ur intervjun sammanställd av Palestinian Media Watch:
Here are some highlights from that interview:
The Arab Situation
"Now we are against armed conflict because we are unable. In the future stages, things may be different... "

We reject the Jewishness of the state
The Palestinian President emphasized his rejection of what is described as the Jewishness of the state [Israel], and said: "We rejected this proposal at the Annapolis conference last November in the USA, and the conference was almost aborted because of it..."
The Resistance [Editor's note: PA euphemism for terror]
The Palestinian President spoke about the resistance, saying: "I was honored to be the one to shoot the first bullet in 1965 [Fatah terror against Israel began in 1965] ,and having taught resistance to many in this area and around the world, defining it and when it is beneficial and when it is not... we had the honor of leading the resistance.We taught everyone what resistance is, including the Hezbollah, who were trained in our camps [i.e. PLO camps in the 60s and 70s]."

Recognition of Israel
"I don't demand that the Hamas movement recognize Israel. I only demanded of the [Palestinian] national unity government that would work opposite Israel in recognition of it. And this I told to Syrian President Bashir Assad, and he supported this idea."

Al-Dustur, February 28, 2008

Haaretz