Abbas sought to abort conference in Athens
July 2, 2009 by ImanK
Source: AlJazeera.net (AlQuds Press)
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According to Greek sources
Abbas has sought to abort the Jerusalem Conference in Athens
Greek political source said that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas intervened to frustrate the holding of the solidarity of Jerusalem and the conference in the Greek capital Athens, he used strong pressure to limit the attendance, although the conference was successful at the end.
The congress was held on June 22 in Athens in the form of an international symposium titled “Jerusalem, the capital of Arab culture 2009 - Europe for Jerusalem and Gaza.” This event was organized by the Hellenic-Palestinian Friendship & Europeans for Jerusalem with the participation of eminent personalities from Greece, Europe and Palestine, including politicians, parliamentarians, religious leaders and thinkers, intellectuals and representatives of civil society institutions.
However, sources in the Greek Socialist Party revealed the accurate information described, that communications are carried out by the Palestinian president in order to “encircle and reduce the participation in the conference as much as possible.”
The source added that Abbas had contacted George Papandreou personally, President of the PASOK Greek Socialist Party, and asked him to put pressure on his party’s parliamentarians and officials and to get them not to attend the conference “so that the level of political presence, to be low as much as possible.” Abbas also held communications to leaders of other political parties in Greece for the same goal, as assurances of the source.
The source said that “the arguments advanced by Mr. Abbas to put pressure on the politicians was that the Greek organizers of the conference, mostly are close to the government of Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza and do not agree with the views of the PLO and the Palestinian Authority to adopt a negotiating approach in dealing with Israel.”
According to the sources, Abbas has also expressed dismay about the increasing activity of groups advocating the right of return for the lifting of the siege of Gaza in Greece, called on “all that is related to the movement of Palestinians should be done through the PLO and its ambassadors and representations abroad exclusively.”
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Just a few words about the man, Mahmoud Abbas.
Mahmoud Abbas has been the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation since 11 November 2004 and became President of the Palestinian National Authority on 15 January 2005. Elected to serve until 9 January 2009, he unilaterally extended his term for another year. Rival political party Hamas announced it would not recognise the extension.
Abbas was chosen as the President of the “State of Palestine” by the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s Central Council on 23 November 2008, a job he had held unofficially since 8 May 2005.
On 9 January 2009, Abbas term as president, at least as he was originally elected, ended
Abbas extended his term for another year, stating the Basic Law gave him the right to do so, so he could align the next presidential and parliamentary elections. Pointing to the Palestinian constitution, Hamas disputes the validity of this move, and considers Abbas’ term to have ended,
in which case Abdel Aziz Duwaik, Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (or, since Israel has detained the speaker, his deputy Ahmad Bahar) has become acting president
I post this as a comment.A shia supports a sunni.
That’s the Umma when there’s oppression.
Mr Abbas may ask for support from his Israelis,Americans and the Egyptian supercorrupted president Mubarak.http://www.shiapress.tv/index.php?news=140&VivvoSessionId=5228a52c4a4de6240a021
Eleftherotypia newspaper today has presented to the greek readers this article
Please see below
Το σημερινό δημοσίευμα της Ελευθεροτυπίας
http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=59958
http://www.shiapress.tv/index.php?news=140&VivvoSessionId=12964b9c4a4e41deb954b
<he source said that “the arguments advanced by Mr. Abbas to put pressure on the politicians was that the Greek organizers of the conference, mostly are close to the government of Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza and do not agree with the views of the PLO and the Palestinian Authority to adopt a negotiating approach in dealing with Israel.”>
What are the motives that make people obstruct a good cause?
Hunger for superiority , Power for this temporary world? Do you let your brothers and children suffer because the PLO and the government of Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza are not in unity and agreement? ” Suffer little children , suffer” breaks my heart. Astagfir Allah.
We forget that the purse strings of the Palestinian Authority (aka formerly PLO) are in Washington.
Therefore anything that enhances or legitimizes Hamas is a no-no.
The dirty world of realpolitik at play here, nothing more.
Jamal