Abbas’ UN speech contradicts his “refugee” history - PMW Bulletins

Abbas’ UN speech contradicts his “refugee” history - PMW Bulletins:

A fascinating interview with Abbas -- not to prove he was two-faced and lied to the UN (that happens by all kinds of leaders all the time). What I find amazing is that he told the truth in Arabic to his people earlier this year, when he said,

"The [Arab] Liberation Army retreated from the city [Safed in 1948], causing the [Arab] people to begin emigrating. In Safed, just like Hebron, people were afraid that the Jews would take revenge for the [Arab] massacre [of Jews] in 1929... The people (of Safed in 1948) were overcome with fear, and it caused the people to leave the city in a disorderly way."

Why did he tell the truth? Was it solely part of an effort to show his people that they can't trust their fellow Arabs, who, the piece goes on, contributed to the Palestinians' fate as refugees, or did he also do this as part of an effort to condition his people, just a bit, to not being able to return to Israel as part of a peace deal? I'd like to think the latter, but as in much Arab thought, this could just be the display of blaming everyone else for your woes and lacking self-consciousness or responsibility for your own forefathers' actions.  'via Blog this'