Palestinian Jew-hatred

Perhaps the most insidious of the many attacks on Israel is the constant anti-Jewish propaganda that issues from the offices of Pres. Mahmud Abbas of the PA that denies any Jewish historical connection to the land of Israel and to Jerusalem.  Last Tues he issued a statement on the 43rd anniversary of an attempt by a deranged Australian Christian to set fire to the al-Aksa Mosque on the Temple Mount, that he blamed on Israel.  He used this occasion to again deny the connection of Jews to Jerusalem. Notwithstanding a constant series of Israeli concessions (that I listed in "Palestinian inequity" on Aug 6) that includes closing checkpoints, repaying taxes, making economic concessions, Abbas remains a fanatical enemy of the Jewish people.   

We expect such fanaticism from Hamas in Gaza because they are a Sunni Islamist organization.  We have become used to the foaming Jew-hatred issuing from the mouth of Pres. Ahmjedinejad of Iran and many of his Shia underlings.  But, most people might expect the PA to be run by someone more moderate, not so!  We should remember that Abbas did his PhD Thesis in Moscow denying the Holocaust. One of the most ridiculous yet dangerous issues is the denial by Abbas of any Jewish connection to Jerusalem.  I don't have to emphasize to any Jewish or Christian audience the organic link established over thousands of years between Jews and the Land of Israel and especially Jerusalem.  It is a history in which specific dates and events are well known.  Yet, this Palestinain denial has no parallel except for the damned lies of Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda chief.  

What is most ridiculous about this denial is that the Koran itself contains many references to Jews and their link to this land, and while the Koran never mentions Jerusalem, it is mentioned in the Bible over 700 times!  And according to Muslim belief the Bible is also a Holy Book, yet the Palestinians continue to deny its authenticity.  Well-meaning liberals and leftists usually have very little idea of whom they are allying themselves with when they support pro-Palestinian activities and berate Israel for so-called "occupation" or "colonial" activity.  These slogans are superficial and factually wrong, but they are not as malign and extreme as the absurd propaganda position that the Palestinians have of denying Jewish connection to the Land of Israel and Jerusalem.  Do any western liberals or even leftists really believe that?  Yet they tolerate it.