Abbas UN Speech 'Defamatory, Venomous': Israel

[Purveyor]

AFP - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's speech before the General Assembly ahead of its vote on upgrading Palestinian UN status was "defamatory and venomous," Israel charged on Thursday.

"The world watched a defamatory and venomous speech that was full of mendacious propaganda against the IDF (army) and the citizens of Israel," said a statement issued by the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

http://www.france24.com/en/20121129-abbas-un-speech-defamatory-venomous-israel

[FarCenter]

1. Wait until Palestine joins the International Criminal Court.

That's what the Israelis are afraid of.

[hack89]

4. That cuts both ways

as a "nation" Palestine is now equally liable for their actions. Those rocket attacks from Gaza are a much more serious issue.

As a practical matter, the ICC doesn't have the power to drag either Israel or Palestine into court against their will.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court

[hifiguy]

2. Blah, blah, blah.

Abbas could have read a comic book out loud and received exactly the same criticism from the same quarters.

[cali]

3. oh shut up, Netanyahu