Abbas: No Final Peace

The following came from WAFA, the "Palestine News Agency."

President: No Final Peace Unless all Prisoners Released

RAMALLAH, December 20, 2007 (WAFA)-President Mahmoud Abbas confirmed on Thursday that there would be no final peace unless all Palestinian prisoners released from the Israeli jails.

In a message for hailing the prisoners inside the Israeli jails, President appreciated their sacrifice for the sake for realizing the aspirations of the Palestinian people on the path of establishing an independent Palestinian state , with Jerusalem as its capital.

President stressed that he will not spare effort to release all Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.

This is further evidence, as if any were needed, that the so-called "moderate" leader of the Palestinian Authority really has no interest in peace.

Abbas is not talking about innocent civilians or soldiers such as the kidnapped Israelis Gilad Shalit, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. He is talking about terrorists who murdered or attempted to murder innocent people long after the PLO pledged to end Arab terrorism against Israel.

He is not only being hypocritical, but is implicitly encouraging additional terrorism by committing himself to work for the freedom of any Arab who tries to murder Jews.