Abbas opens up Doha conference
Reuters
Abbas turns around PA efforts to erase evidence of Jewish roots of the Temple Mount, accuses Israel of removing Jerusalem’s Arab identity.
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
First Publish: 2/26/2012, 1:45 PM
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has turned around Palestinian Authority efforts to erase evidence of Jewish roots of the Temple Mount and accuses Israel of trying to remove Jerusalem’s Arab and Christian character,
He spoke on Sunday at the Arab League-sponsored Jerusalem International Conference in Doha, Qatar, whose ruler kicked off the conference by saying that Israel’s Jewish development in and around the capital threatens the capital’s Arab identity.
Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani called on the United Nations to investigate what he called Israeli settlements, and he pledged support for unity between Abbas’s Fatah party and the rival Hamas terrorist organization. Read the rest on: Arutz7
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