In rare rebuke, J Street joins AIPAC in panning Abbas over Jerusalem speech [View all]
WASHINGTON — In a rare reproach, the liberal Mideast policy group J Street rapped Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday for his speech at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which it characterized as “divisive and inflammatory.”
The language mirrored a similar criticism from more hawkish Israel lobbying group AIPAC, which said the Palestinian leader had “set back the cause of peace” with his remarks.
Following US President Donald Trump’s controversial decision last week to formally recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital — while setting in motion plans to move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv — Abbas on Wednesday urged the international community to roll back its recognition of Israel and said the Palestinians would no longer work with the US and threatened the Palestinians might no longer be bound by commitments agreed to in earlier peace talks.
He also refused to recognize any historical Jewish connection to Jerusalem
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-rare-rebuke-j-street-joins-aipac-in-panning-abbas-over-jerusalem-speech/
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