Palestinian leader calls US ambassador to Israel 'son of a dog'

2018-03-20

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday called the US ambassador to Israel a "son of a dog" because of his support for Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. Abbas, speaking at a Palestinian leadership gathering, also blamed Hamas for a bomb attack last week on the convoy of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah in Gaza, remarks that threatened reconciliation efforts with the Islamist group. The Palestinian leader accused Ambassador David Friedman of defending Israeli settlers in the West Bank by saying that they were building on "their land". The slur drew rebukes from the diplomat and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In an angry tone, Abbas said: "The son of dog says they build on their land? He is a settler, and his family are settlers, and he is the US ambassador in Tel Aviv. What should we expect from him?"

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Rogue Valley said:

Palestinian leader calls US ambassador to Israel 'son of a dog'


Mahmoud Abbas



As is probably painfully obvious by now, the Palestine leadership no longer considers the US as a neutral peace broker between Israel and Palestine. That ship sailed when Trump announced the US would relocate its Tel Aviv embassy to Jerusalem. The scathing remarks by Mahmoud Abbas no doubt serve to underscore the current frustrations of the Palestinian leadership.

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Rogue Valley said:

Palestinian leader calls US ambassador to Israel 'son of a dog'


Mahmoud Abbas



As is probably painfully obvious by now, the Palestine leadership no longer considers the US as a neutral peace broker between Israel and Palestine. That ship sailed when Trump announced the US would relocate its Tel Aviv embassy to Jerusalem. The scathing remarks by Mahmoud Abbas no doubt serve to underscore the current frustrations of the Palestinian leadership.

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X Factor said:

That’s not “scathing”, that’s just petulant name calling.

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