Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas presents more lies to the UN in his quest for Palestinian statehood! What? You expected the truth from an Arab?

Here is a look at the counterarguments to Abbas' claims:

OCCUPATION: Abbas called Israel's control of the territories claimed by the Palestinians "the only occupation in the world."

THE
FACTS: The world is full of ethnic minorities that might claim to be
ruled by occupiers, ranging from Tibetans living under Chinese rule to
Kurds in Turkey, Basques in Spain, Chechens in Russia and Muslim
separatists in Indian-ruled Kashmir.

PRISONERS: Abbas referred to the roughly 8,000 Palestinians being held in Israeli jails as prisoners of conscience.

THE
FACTS: Abbas did not mention that most Palestinian prisoners are being
held because of alleged involvement in violence against Israelis.
Israel's prison service says it's holding some 6,000 "security"
prisoners, many of them involved in planning or carrying out deadly
attacks on civilians.

JEWISH CONNECTION TO THE HOLY LAND: Abbas called for two states, Israel and Palestine, to live in peace together.

THE
FACTS: Abbas did not address one of Israel's central demands, that he
recognize the Jewish connection to Jerusalem and the Holy Land. And he
ignored this Jewish connection by referring to the area as the land of
Muhammad and Jesus, with no mention of any Jewish biblical figure.

GAZA
STRIP: Abbas referred to Gaza as an integral part of a future
Palestine, briefly mentioning his reconciliation agreement with the
territory's Hamas rulers and condemning an Israeli "war of aggression"
there nearly three years ago.

THE FACTS: Abbas lost control of
Gaza to Hamas militants four years ago, and talks over implementing a
reconciliation deal announced last May are at a standstill, in large
part because of Hamas' refusal to disarm or renounce its armed struggle
against Israel. In condemning Israel's 2008-2009 offensive in Gaza,
Abbas did not mention that the operation was launched in response to
persistent rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled territory.

PEACE
TALKS: Abbas declared the Palestinians "believe in peace" and repeatedly
presented Israel as the obstacle to renewing peace talks.

THE
FACTS: The Palestinians did not accept two Israeli peace offers, in 2000
and 2008, that offered them a state in the vast majority of the
territories they claim. Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has
repeatedly offered to launch negotiations - but refused to accept
minimum outlines of a peace deal endorsed by the Palestinians and the
international community. He has also not met the Palestinian condition
of a settlement freeze for the duration of the talks.

SETTLEMENTS:
Abbas repeatedly condemned Israeli settlement activity as the chief
obstacle to peace, saying that continued Israeli construction on lands
claimed by the Palestinians shows that Israel is not serious about
peace.

THE FACTS: Israel might argue - as Netanyahu did in his
rebuttal Friday - that Arab enmity to Israel long preceded the
settlement of lands occupied in 1967. But Abbas, ironically, could have
been even stronger in his condemnation and mentioned a jarring
statistic: The number of Jews living in the West Bank and east Jerusalem
has roughly doubled, to some 500,000 people, since the Oslo Accords of
18 years ago.

Comment: In Islam it is honorable to lie, if by
doing so you advance Islam’s goals. That is why it is perfectly
acceptable and even praiseworthy for a Muslim leader to say something
in English to a non-Muslim audience and the western news media, and
then the very next day say the exact opposite thing while talking in
Arabic to a Muslim audience and news media.

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