Palestinian Media Watch translated an interview with Saeb Erakat where the accomplished liar tries mightily to come up with reasons why Arab nations shouldn’t make peace with Israel – something that he and Hanan Ashrawi have been trying to do without much success.
They try different tacks to see if anything will resonate with the Arab world, but they aren’t doing too well.
Erakat said:
There are [Arab] groups that say: ‘Palestine is not my cause.’ Groups say that ‘the Palestinians are ungrateful and we are employing them [the refugees]. We’ve helped them, but Israel is a beautiful, successful state.’ [Some] speak in Hebrew at universities to speak with Israel… This is a public birth for the Arab Zionists. There is no Arab Zionism, there are Arab Zionists… I have contacted Bahrain and sent official letters. I sent official letters and asked for two things: Not to follow the UAE [but] stick to the Arab Peace Initiative. And to convince the UAE to recant [the agreement with Israel]… I did the same with all the Arab states… It is not insignificant when an Arab photographs his son who puts the Israeli flag on his chest… This is Zionist thinking. Forbidden. This is forbidden.“
What exactly is his argument? He really doesn’t have one. In the end, the best Erakat can do is to use the word “Zionist” as a general expletive and insult and say how unacceptable it is for an Arab to engage in “Zionist thinking.”
What is Zionist thinking? That to build a nation you have to do the hard work yourself and not rely on outsiders to do all the work for you?
No wonder the Palestinians are allergic to it.
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