Published: 25 June 2016
Last updated: 4 March 2024
PA leader repeats antisemitic hoax but again offers to restart Tripartite Committee on Incitement. Rivlin rejects French initiative, regrets Abbas wouldn’t meet with him in Brussels.
[The Tripartite Committee on Incitement (USA, Israel, Palestinians) was part of the Wye River Agreement (1998) but has been moribund. Abbas recently acknowledged that Palestinian incitement exists and called for the Commission to be reactivated. Israel refuses, probably because a revived Commission would address not only Palestinian but also Israeli incitement, undermining Netanyahu’s contention that all guilt lies with the Palestinians and Israel is blameless.]
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And see:
Abbas retracts charge that rabbis called to poison Palestinian water – The Jerusalem Post/Reuters 25.06.16
PLO issues statement of retraction after the PA president made the unsubstantiated charge in an address to the European Parliament.
Who isn’t inciting violence? May 3, 2016
Abbas to Israelis, peace is attainable April 2, 2016
Take up Abbas on his offer re joint action against incitement January 30, 2016
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