Reporting on Mahmoud Abbas’ address to the U.N., Times of Israel commentator David Horovitz noted that “there was no mention that Israel dismantled its settlements and withdrew all its soldiers from Gaza in 2005.” Neither did Abbas mention Hamas’ constant attacks on Israeli civilians, raining bombs, bullets and knife attacks on innocent people trying to make a life in the Holy Land.

And Abbas’ speech claimed to want peace with Israel, but then went on to reject Israel’s very existence as a nation!

Such dissembling is not new for Palestinian leaders. The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) was formed just three years before the 1967 war on Israel. Arabs from around the Middle East met in Egypt plotting to destroy Israel.

Article 6 of the PLO’s 1964 Charter states, “The Jews who had normally resided in Palestine until the beginning of the Zionist invasion will be considered Palestinians.” Accordingly, all traces of independent Jewish existence were to be eliminated, not just in the territories but throughout the so-called land of “Palestine.”

Three years after the PLO Charter was established, the Jewish states’ murderous neighbors began the infamous Six-Day War against Israel. They launched it from the Gaza Strip which is currently under PA rule.

Article 9 of the same charter states, “Armed struggle is the only way to liberate Palestine. Thus, it is the overall strategy, not merely a tactical phase.” For Palestinians, “peace” is merely a tactic in the service of the realization of the overall strategy. Just as in organized combat, attacks may be interspersed with periods of strategic ceasefires intended to solidify gains and prepare for the next stage.

Thankfully, God stepped in, destroying the aggressors’ attempt to obliterate Israel in 1967. In what can only be described as a miracle, outmanned and under-gunned Israel defeated their neighbors and took back the Gaza Strip that the Arabs were using to attack the Jewish nation.

In 1968, the PLO updated its charter, whitewashing their true intentions. But Article 9 remains much the same. In the 1968 PLO charter, Article 9 reads, “Armed struggle is the only way to liberate Palestine ... The Palestinian Arab people assert their absolute determination and firm resolution to continue their armed struggle and to work for an armed popular revolution for the liberation of their country….”

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Article 10 of the 1968 charter calls for direct terrorism by all Arabs against Israel, saying “Commando action constitutes the nucleus of the Palestinian popular liberation war.”

Yet, incredibly, at the U.N. on Friday, Abbas tried to claim he sought peace with Israel when just last year his forces conducted war on the Jewish state. Then, just as in 1967, Arabs used the Gaza Strip to attack and attempt to destroy Israel. Abbas went as far as to blame the renewed conflict on Israel, even though Hamas started it with a massive rocket barrage!

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The fact is, neither Abbas nor the Palestinians he represents want peace. Nor do they want a two-state solution—at least not a permanent one.

The PLO charter, Abbas’ words and the Palestinians’ ongoing military actions make one thing perfectly clear: For Hamas, a two-state solution is only a stepping stone to the total and final destruction of Israel.

The United States can stop this travesty, simply by using our power on the U.N. Security Council to VETO Palestinian statehood. But Joe Biden has repeatedly made clear whose side he is on—and it isn’t Israel’s side.

Now, you and I must demand that Congress step in and force Biden’s ambassador to the U.N. to VETO Palestinian statehood. Please, defend Israel by faxing Congress and signing our petition!

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Hirsch, Maurice. “The ‘State of Palestine’ Is Just a Stepping-Stone to the Destruction of Israel.” Palestinian Media Watch, September 12, 2022. Palwatch.org/page/31984.

Horovitz, David, “Abbas Asked Why There Is No Palestinian State. the Answers Were in His Speech.” The Times of Israel, September 23, 2022. Timesofisrael.com/abbas-asked-why-there-is-no-palestinian-state-the-answers-were-in-his-speech/.

Jackson, Kaylah. “Israeli-Palestinian Tensions Erupt into Open Conflict.” Vox, May 17, 2021. Vox.com/22440330/israel-palestine-gaza-airstrikes-hamas-updates-2021.

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Magid, Jacob, “While Nodding at Lapid's Backing of 2 States, Abbas Says Israel 'Destroying' Chances.” The Times of Israel, September 23, 2022. Timesofisrael.com/watch-palestinian-leader-mahmoud-abbas-addresses-un-general-assembly/.

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