By Ryan Jones
Jan 02, 2006
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas Monday criticized the renunciation of the self-declared terrorist ?ceasefire? by Hamas, Islamic Jihad and his own Fatah faction, but did not indicate he would take any measures to prevent the planned wide scale renewal of attacks on Israeli Jews.
?I do not know what the justifications for the truce to be ended are, despite the colossal Israeli violations,? Abbas told reporters upon his arrival in Abu Dhabi.
Israel was not party to the March 2005 ?Cairo Agreement?, which was a one-sided affair involving Fatah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and was therefore never obligated to honor its conditions.
Rather, in a manner more reminiscent of blackmail, the ?Palestinians? demanded Israel cease all efforts to combat terrorism and release all jailed terrorists in return for their halting efforts to mass murder Jewish men, women and children.
Behind the smokescreen of Israeli ?violations,? numbers released by Israel's General Security Services (Shin Bet) Sunday revealed the ?Palestinians? had violated their own commitment to not attack Israelis some 2,990 times between March and the end of December.
As arbitrator of the deal, Israel and the international community believed Abbas and his regime would hold the parties accountable. [Ed. Note ? The fact Abbas chose to negotiate with the terrorists rather than disarm them was already a violation of all the PLO's signed agreements with Israel.]
But ongoing terrorist activity has been met with little more than half-hearted condemnations that Abbas refuses to back up with action.
Meanwhile, defense officials report formerly-exiled top terrorists are making their way into the PA-controlled Gaza Strip, as are an increasing number of anti-aircraft missiles and other advanced weapons.
The terrorists have vowed to use the imported know-how, hardware and manpower to reproduce their Gaza victory in Judea and Samaria.