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    Mort Klein, head of the Zionist Organization of America, described Arafat this way: "One of the extraordinary blind spots of contemporary Middle East history is the obsession of calling Mahmoud Abbas, whose nom de guerreor war name is Abu Mazen, a peace-loving moderate. ... Abbas was not only Yasser Arafat's deputy for 40 years, he also co-founded with him the terrorist group Fatah, masterminded the Munich massacre and wrote a PhD thesis and book denying the Holocaust." Just words you say? Not Quite, as leader of the Fatah movement Abbas is also in charge of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. Full Article at Yid With Lid
    One of the extraordinary blind spots of contemporary Middle East history is the obsession of calling Mahmoud Abbas, whose nom de guerreor war name is Abu Mazen, a peace-loving moderate. ... Abbas was not only Yasser Arafat's deputy for 40 years, he also co-founded with him the terrorist group Fatah, masterminded the Munich massacre and wrote a PhD thesis and book denying the Holocaust.
    SOURCE: Yid With Lid 4 weeks ago
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"Moderate" Terrorist Leader Mahmoud Abbas to Step Down?
  1. We [Palestinians] should put our internal fighting aside and raise our rifles only against the Israeli occupation.
    SOURCE: Yid With Lid 4 weeks ago
  2. We have clearly declared that the Aksa Martyrs Brigades are part of Fatah. We are committed to them and Fatah bears full responsibility for the group.
    SOURCE: Yid With Lid 4 weeks ago
  3. We must unite the Hamas and Fatah blood in the struggle against Israel as we did at the beginning of the Intifada.
    SOURCE: Yid With Lid 4 weeks ago
  4. Listen, we are aware of our president's (Abbas') declarations but we are also aware of the international political system that brings the president to adopt this position.
    SOURCE: Yid With Lid 4 weeks ago
  5. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, military wing of the Fatah movement will not be dissolved and Fatah will never relinquish its military wing.
    SOURCE: Yid With Lid 4 weeks ago
  6. The Al Aqsa Brigades is the military wing of the Fatah and the President Abu Mazen (Abbas) is the chairman of the movement. We are committed to our leadership, to Abu Mazen. All our activity is in accordance with the political line of Fatah, which consists of fighting the occupation until the creation o...
    – Ahmed Qurei SOURCE: Yid With Lid 4 weeks ago

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