Is Mahmoud Abbas’s bilingual diplomacy a key to peace, or the erasure of Israel? - opinion
Abbas's bilingual diplomacy, symbolized by the key to Safed, reveals a leader whose rhetoric promotes return over peace, keeping the door to coexistence firmly closed.
FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron meets with Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas in Sharm el-Sheikh last week. When Abbas speaks of ‘peace,’ it is worth remembering that he denies the Holocaust and rewards terrorists, the writer asserts. (photo credit: YOAN VALAT/REUTERS)ByDAVID BEN-BASAT