“Nabil Sha’ath asserted that being moderate does not turn heads.” Threat noted.
“Senior PA official: ‘Do we have to hijack planes for you to care about our cause?,'” Jerusalem Post, February 7, 2016:
A senior Palestinian Authority official has suggested that the West ignores the Palestinians when they maintain security, rhetorically asking if they have to resort to “hijacking planes” and “destroying airports” to garner Western support for the Palestinian cause.
In an interview translated by MEMRI on the PA-backed station Awdha TV last week, Nabil Sha’ath asserted that being moderate does not turn heads.
He sought to substantiate his claim by drawing attention to the ongoing refugee situation in Europe: “If the Syrian problem had not been exported to Europe – through refugees, on the one hand, and terrorism, on the other – the Europeans would not have cared even if the entire Syrian people had died.”
Sha’ath stated that the European decision to finally deal with the Syrian crisis was not motivated by good-willed humanitarianism, but rather by a fear that the massive influx of “non-Anglo-Saxon” refugees would alter the composition of the population.
“But when all of a sudden there were four million Syrian refugees in Europe, and when this was accompanied by ISIS operations in France and elsewhere…it started a debate about racial transformation, the entrance of non-white, non-European races,” he said in the interview.
The former lead PLO negotiator also discussed a proposal for an international peace conference, saying that while he would prefer something smaller, anything was preferred over American-mediated peace talks.
Sha’ath charged that the US has never been “a reliable, honest broker” of efforts toward peace, attributing Washington’s incompetence as a mediator to its position as “the strategic ally of Israel.”

Alarmed Pig Farmer says
We’re already paying you free money for not destroying Israel, and getting spotty results on that investment. How much money do you want? Or, do you want us to nuke Israel? If that’s what this is about, patience. We’ve just set up Persia to be able to get nuclear tipped ICBM missiles, and they’ve vowed to nuke Israel for its crimes against Islam, which are none. Rome wasn’t built in a day, and being a Moslem Moderate does not turns heads because it makes you invisible. Instead of begging for money or a blood letting, how about y’all get a damn job and start producing something other than hungry mouths for us to feed.
Kimmyb says
I agree no matter what we do for these ppl it is never enough. Look at Europe and the way they are behaving . They are live g for free and do nothing but stick their hands down women’s pants and shirts. Make too many babies that They never intend on supporting. Oh and let’s not forget CRY how unfair and racist we all are.
quotha raven says
To Alarmed Pig Farmer – Your comment is dry as dust and spot on. Do you have any influence over US president and secy of state?
Cheers!
quotha raven
mortimer says
Agree with APF. The Pallies are being paid to cooperate with American policy and are not cooperating. The money should be cut off. Period.
There are many nationalist groups through the world that use peaceful means to promote their cause? So why should the Pallies be less peaceful and civilized? Are the Pallies a special kind of SAVAGE that cannot control themselves or are the modern people.
Savages have no place in the modern world. That includes all jihadists.
john spielman says
agree, and WE should just GIVE Iran a thermonuclear weapon, so they don’t have to spend money developing one of their own- and we should deliver it to them as well. Their choice of delivery method: B52, B2. or ICBM!
redjeans says
Which goes to show that these cretins never learn anything from their mistakes. Palestinian terrorism is precisely what has given the Palestinian cause its terrible and sulfurous reputation and horrified people more than attracted them. It got the world’s attention all right, only to be disgusted by their savagery. They showed time and again that they are no noble cause worth fighting for, on the contrary. The world is sick and tired of the Palestinians’ eternal demands and refusal to make any concession. They have become institutional international parasites and the international community is tired of paying their bills. They’re going to have to face the fact that they need to support themselves on their own, not on everyone’s dime any more.
Golem2 says
It’s only been 66 years of handouts. Why should they sop taking now?
BlueRaven says
I get it, these clowns are never going to take on their responsibilities. Old Mohamedian trick – promise threat, plan threat and deliver threat. They want to run their country but with the full financial support from the Western Governments. Good business when you can get it.
BlueRaven says
Kerry and Obama are already opening up a cheque book and are getting ready to sign – accountability is never required when funding a bunch of terror groups like Palies or Pakies.
Tommy Peters says
Brings to mind Prager who asked why does attention on Tibet, comprised mainly of Buddhist and Jain religionists, pale in comparison to the Palestinian issue when proportionately more Tibetans are being killed in their quest for independence from China than Palestinians in theirs for statehood? The answer is ‘terror’. Terror is a nuisance that galvanizes world attention to one’s cause. Conversely, if the Dalai Lama promoted suicide bombings of innocent civilians and hijacking of airliners in the name of Tibetan nationalism, world attention would galvanize upon Tibet and it would have a voice in the U.N. and peace deals brokered on their behalf. Thankfully, for the world at large, passive cultures in Tibet are cut from a different cloth.
Cameron says
This is not about peoples race/ethnic origin, it is about their culture and if it is compatible with our own in Western societies or other cultures in other societies.
Last time I checked, Buddhists, Hindus, Shintos, religious and non-religious Jews, Atheists/Humanists, Deists, Daoists, Pagans, various Christian sects; ARE NOT demanding special privileges, are not attacking, sexually assaulting and raping ‘infidel’ women, are not causing violence on the streets or robbing people and businesses, are not dealing drugs in the open on the streets, are not forming pop-up street gangs to impose religious laws, are not murdering their own families for “honour” who are disgusted by Islam and want to choose a better culture and way of life for themselves. (I could go on about dietary nonsense, censorship, constant privilege seeking, discrimination against women, attacking LGBT communities, anti-semitism, Atheophobia, miscelaneous intolerance, etc.)
Too many followers of the paedophile theocratic warlord Mohammed are more trouble than they are worth. On a measure of how much respect the religion and cultures of Islam has earned from the rest of the world, it looks to be so far towards the negative end of the scale that it is off the charts. Behave yourfuckingselves and collectively earn our respect properly and then you will have it.
Lee says
“Threat noted.” Well said. Interestingly, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai issued her own threat just before Christmas, which the Huffington Post headlined in this way:
‘Malala Shuts Down Donald Trump In The Most Elegant Way Possible – “The more you speak about Islam and against all Muslims, the more terrorists we create.”
See http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/malala-donald-trump_us_5670de1de4b0dfd4bcbfe8d0?adsSiteOverride=au§ion=australia
Yes, that’s elegant alright. Murdering people for what they say is such a part of the Muslim psyche that Malala doesn’t think her threat reflects badly on her or her religion. Just another good reason that Muslims have no place among civilized people.
Unfortunately non-Muslim collaborators are even worse, having no religious brainwashing to excuse their collaboration with a murderous, rapist, imperialist, pedophilic death-cult.
Judi says
IMO, Malala lost all credibility when she donated her prize money( for winning the Nobel Peace Prize) to Gaza.
Golem2 says
Stupid is as stupid does.
Dom107 says
“Highjacking planes,Destroying airports” to get us on your side.???
This is reverse Arabic Logic. I know the Arabs invented maths but he must be living in the twilight zone if he thinks this will get us on his side.
While the threat from Daesch still exists and the flow of Islamic “refugees”
continues the Palestine problem takes a back seat. Obamas America is not interested and Europe is too concerned with its own problems.Anyway the PLO tried that before back in the 70s and it didnt work.
I would say the Palestine problem is at least understandable while Daeschs crazy notions of conquering the World belongs to religious fantasy dangerous none the less.
The only advise I can give is to cut the best deal you can with Israel as nothing else is on the cards.Not all Europeans are Anglo Saxon Not all the English are Anglo Saxon as it is already a multiracial country.The term is ar haic and was never accurate even historically.The French use this term also
to refer to the British ,Americans,Australians and New Zealanders all racially
mixed countries now so the term is meaningless
.What we don’t want is more Muslims as they have a destablizing effect on societies wherever they are..This was the reason Quatar and Saudi Arabia gave for not taking in refugees.If its a good excuse for them its an even better one for us
Nothing to do with race at all.!
The fear in Europe is of militant fundamental Islam so this guys analysis is screwy and why does the Muslim world always cry out for the West to help them as getting involved means we are just another faction to be attacked in their “can of worms” culture???
deja vu says
Dom107: ‘I know the Arabs invented maths….’
They didn’t. Their claim to have invented algebra (not maths) is false. Arab Muslims have a long history of claiming the accomplishment of other peoples as their own. I quote:
‘Maybe this fallacy is due to the fact that “algebra” is a word of Arabic origin, but historical questions are not solved by etymological answers. Yes, the English word “algebra” derives from the Arabic. So does “sugar” (from the Arabic “sukkar”) but that doesn’t mean that Muslims invented sugar.
The word “algebra” stems from the Arabic word “al-jabr”, from the name of the treatise Book on Addition and Subtraction after the *Method of the Indians* written by the 9th-century Persian mathematician Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, who translated, formalized and commented on ancient Indian and Greek works.(my emphasis)
There are various attempts at historical revisionism as far as Islamic contributions to the world are concerned. These attempts are more political propaganda than academic scholarship. After all, taqiyya, lying to the infidels to advance Allah’s cause, is permitted, and even prescribed, to Muslims, and jihad does not just consist in violent aggression or terror attacks: it can be gradual, by stealth, through indoctrination and false reassurance.’
It’s wise to take the extravagant claims of Muslims with a pinch of salt.
Jack HOLAN says
The Palestinians from Day one never wanted to negotiatiate directly wit Israel and only Israel. We have the number and they knew we would never allow for all their demands, given nothing in return and then still not be at Peace with us. They did know correctly, that their constant haranguing and violence would tire the US and Europe out. The UN are their natural allies and no Muslim nation will ever say NO publicly. Now, we are here whereby the World rewards terrorists by capitulating to their demands. Contrary to Obama/Kerry since they came to town the US does negotiate with terrorists. What are terrorists just look at what they did in Israel since 1948 and before to the Present.
Greyhound Fancier says
If the Palestinians had any sense, they would observe and copy what their Israeli neighbors do. Learn, get along with others, bloom where you are planted.
Rob says
Why would Israel disengage from the West Bank when the down payment on the 2-state solution – the disengagement from Gaza has been such a failure?
Does Israel want rockets from the NE (Jerusalem) AS WELL AS from the SW (Gaza). No way.
Worth noting that before 1967 Gaza was administered by Egypt and the West Bank by Jordan.
There was never a State of Palestine comprising those two territories.
The only viable solution now is a 3-state arrangement or Carolyne Glick’s idea of a one-state solution whereby Gaza and the West Bank are annexed by Israel and Palestinians given permanent residence leading to citizenship of Israel.
Anabel says
The most apt description I have ever read.
“What they cannot convince they co-opt; what they cannot co-opt they coerce.”
Lucretius says
“Do I have to get rough with you before you stop getting in the way of our murdering these Jews? I’ve asked you nicely up into now. Stop being so tedious!”
At least that’s what I read.
Karen says
Huh? When does the PA ever maintain security?
Would the PA exist without US financial support?
Why drag Syria into the argument? That’s the rotten fruit of the Arab Spring.
Angemon says
Remind me how did that work out for the PFLP?…
somehistory says
Message: The price of the extortion is going up. Hey, inflation, and all that goes with higher prices.
“The squeaky wheel gets the grease.” Or: “The quacking duck gets shot.”
SoCalMike says
The proper response to this PLO mo:
“Do we have to kill you all to stop you?
We can.
We should.
Are you going to force us to even though we keep giving you money and weapons to try to make and help you act like human beings?
Would you rather see yourselves and your kids and grand kids justifiably killed than start acting like 20th and 21st century humans?”
The sad truth is they would.
Just kill them all now.
Stop wasting time.
pongidae rex says
Ancient conflicts pre-dating the age of Political Correctness usually resulted in much of the population of the losing side being methodically annihilated. The Palestinians are living proof of why. WWII was won for the singular reason that the Allies made it abundantly clear to Germany and Japan that we were capable and willing to completely wipe them off the face of the earth and would pursue that objective relentlessly until they abjectly surrendered. We now have ‘refugees’ breeding like rabbits who are three generations removed from the events that made them ‘refugees’ who are committed to endless terrorism against the victors. Where is ethics in all this. In war there are no ethics. There is victory or defeat.
Mark Swan says
The Palestinians remind Me of that vicious…raunchy plant that fed on human blood…
in the 1980’s horror comedy film Little Shop of Horrors demanding to be fed…Feed Me Seymour….
North Korea has used this approach for ever and Despots every where have applied it to various degrees
…feed me or I’ll be bad…like Baby Birds From Hell.
mortimer says
Israel was created to be a Jewish homeland with Transjordan as the homeland for any Arab that didn’t want to live in Israel.
Why not just live in Jordan…rather than endlessly quibble about it?
We know that Mohammedanism doesn’t allow such a solution…and yet, the Koran adamantly orders the Jews to ‘dwell in the land’…which ‘land would that be?
Mike Holt says
No need to hijack another plane…you still owe for the last dozen or so you hijacked. But we will be happy to drop a couple of Nukes on you for free.
Pong says
Terrorism has been rewarded by the world since day one. If governments and people wanted to stop terrorism, they wouldn’t advocate establishment of another terrorist state. They would simply take a side of Israel and help to move most arabs to Jordan.
Tose, who understand that the war is on, should also understand that Israel is at the front line of that war. Arabs defeat to Israel would be a death blow to Islam and terrorism. They wouldn’t recover from it.
So when the next bomb goes of in Europe, USA or other places, anti-semitism of Europe helped to perpetrate this action.
Mark Swan says
Yep…
Just look at the two camps of Palestinians strategically placed inside what should have been Israel’s natural National boundaries…from the beginning…Anyone just looking at that can plainly see some foul play perpetrated on Israel by Muslim meddlers involved from the word go…Palestinians are unwanted in every Arab land they were in…they should be in Jordan…everyone knows this…they need to leave the squatter camps in Israel and Lebanon and elsewhere go home and go to work…no more free lunch for that bunch.
This was basically an abandoned waste land after the Ottoman Empire was put down…the greedy Saudi Emir called in favors from his British connections…getting ¾ of the original Jewish purchase offer taken back and given to his family…and poisoning the remaining ¼ of Israel with these swarms of troublemakers.
This definitely demonstrates unwarranted hate for Jews by Arabs.
Realist says
No you idiot, we don’t bomb the crap out of you as long as you don’t hijack planes.
Bezelel says
muslims are self induced retards. Carrot or the stick is the only way to control them and they will never like it.
duh_swami says
Palestinian causes…kill the Jews, then kill some more Jews…that will solve almost all their problems…
Jack Diamond says
The Palestinians invented the modern era of terrorism (for that matter they gave us al Qaeda, Abdullah Azzam, and ISIS, Zarqawi, and the suicide bomber) and hijacking airplanes, among sundry other attacks, brought them immense gains. It made the “Palestinian cause” the wedge issue for both the Eurabia project and the OIC agenda. Terrorism works. Spain reacted to the Madrid attacks by installing a Eurabian-friendly Prime Minister.
PLO terrorism and the OPEC oil boycott of countries friendly to Israel led in 1973 to Europe (as the EC) siding against Israel, legitimizing Arafat and the PLO, and was the beginning of agreements for bringing Muslim immigration into Europe. This was the result not just of a “Palestinian victimhood” narrative or nascent European antisemitism or dreams of European greatness again revived via alliance with the Arab World, it was the result of the terrorizing of air travel and cities, fifteen planes a year between 1968-1971, and fifty in 1973. The European response to this terrorism was ultimately to give in to PLO demands in order to stop it. An agreement between the Italian PM Aldo Moro and the PLO, as revealed by Francesco Cossiga, is a showpiece of how successful terrorism can be: Palestinians could come and go freely in Italy, unbothered, in exchange for their not targeting Italian interests. Italian Jews were not included in this protection.
Why shouldn’t they have concluded that terrorism garners Western support for their cause?
Herman says
Again?
As at the time when PLO was terrorizing the world?