Abbas displays map of "Palestine" that erases Israel

PA Chairman Abbas
holds up map of "Palestine"
that erases Israel

by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik

"President Abbas holds up a stone model of the map of Palestine." [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct. 26, 2010]

During a visit to Bethlehem this week, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas held up a stone model of the map of "Palestine" that erases Israel.

[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct. 26, 2010]

US President Obama has condemned the existence of maps like the one Abbas displayed as a "security" threat to Israel:

"I will never compromise when it comes to Israel's security... Not when there are terrorist groups and political leaders committed to Israel's destruction. Not when there are maps across the Middle East that don't even acknowledge Israel's existence."

[Obama at AIPAC Conference, June 4, 2008


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