president. he called for suspending recognition of israel. he invoked an ugly and fictional past, reaching back to the 17th century, to paint israel as a colonialist project engineered by european powers. once more, let s contrast sadat s words with abbas . president sadat acknowledged that some arab leaders did not agree with him, but he told them it was his responsibility to, quote, exhaust all and every means in a bid to save my egyptian arab people and the entire arab nation the horrors of new, shocking and destructive wars. president abbas also acknowledged criticism from other arab leaders, and he, too, had a message for them. his response was, get lost. curiously president abbas speech has gotten little
past reaching back to the 17th century to paint israel as a colonialist project engineered by european powers. once more, let s contrast sadat s word with abbas . president sadat acknowledged some arab leaders did not agree with him. he told him it was his responsibility to exhaust all and every means in a bid to save my egyptian arab people and the entire arab nation. the horrors of new, shocking and destructive wars. president abbas acknowledged criticism from other arab leaders. he too had a message for them. his response was, get lost. curiously president abbas speech has gotten little attention in the media. i encourage anyone who cares about the cause of durable and