Abbas: 2017 Will Be ‘The Year of the Palestinian State’

Abbas: 2017 Will Be ‘The Year of the Palestinian State’

by Breitbart Jerusalem 1 Jan 2017

http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/01/01/abbas-2017-will-year-palestinian-state/

The Times of Israel reports: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday told Fatah party officials that 2017 would be “the year of the independent Palestinian state.”

At a torch-lighting ceremony marking the 52nd anniversary of Fatah’s founding, Abbas hailed the recent UN anti-settlement resolution as a diplomatic victory.

“The settlements are illegal, and in recent days, we were given an unprecedented decision regarding this issue,” he told members of his party at the ceremony, held at the grave of former PLO leader Yasser Arafat in Ramallah, Channel 10 news reported.

Yasser Arafat

Yasser Arafat was the president of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and George R. Salem represented the George W. Bush administration at his funeral.

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League of Arab States is a member of the United Arab Emirates.

Palestine is a member of the League of Arab States.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Saban Center for Middle East Policy is a policy center at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Haim Saban is a benefactor for the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a board member for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, and was a friend of Shimon Peres.

Shimon Peres was a fried of Haim Saban, and the president of Israel.

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Newton N. Minow is the president of the Crown Family Foundation, a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP, and an advocate for the ONE Campaign.

Sidley Austin LLP is the lobby firm for Israel.

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R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

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Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a VP for the Crown Family Foundation, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).    

Crown Family Foundation was a funder for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.

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Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.     

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).         

Saban Center for Middle East Policy is a policy center at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Haim Saban is a benefactor for the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a board member for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, and was a friend of Shimon Peres.

Shimon Peres was a fried of Haim Saban, and the president of Israel.

Crown Family Foundation was a funder for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.

Lester Crown is a VP for the Crown Family Foundation, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Walter Isaacson is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was the chairman & CEO for CNN.

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United Nations Foundation is a partner with the ONE Campaign.

Michelle Obama was an advocate for the ONE Campaign, and a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Sidley Austin LLP is the lobby firm for Israel.

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, the president of the Crown Family Foundation, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Crown Family Foundation was a funder for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.

Haim Saban is a board member for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, a benefactor for the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was a friend of Shimon Peres.

Shimon Peres was a fried of Haim Saban, and the president of Israel.