US Secretary of State John Kerry recently threatened Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that he would meet the same fate as his predecessor, Yasser Arafat, if he turned down Washington’s proposals for peace with Israel, a Palestinian source was quoted Sunday as saying.
John Kerry and Mahmoud Abbas. – Photo: Reuters
Jamal Muhaissen, a senior Fatah official in the West Bank, said that if the report about Kerry’s threat to Abbas is true, “this shows that Israel assassinated Yasser Arafat after receiving a green light from the US Administration.”
Muhaissen said that Kerry’s threat comes in wake of his failure to impose a settlement on Israel that is “consistent with international law.”
Kerry should not hold the Palestinians responsible for his failure with the Israelis, the Fatah official added. Continue Reading »