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Palestinians Apologize to Kuwait
By Micah Halpern


I've been thinking:
Mahmoud Abbas, the leading Palestinian presidential candidate, arrived in Kuwait today.

He made the trip expressly to apologize publicly for the fact that the Palestinians sided with Iraq in the 1990 Gulf War.

Remember, Arafat and the Palestinians along with Jordan supported the Iraqi aggression that began with an attack on Kuwait. In response, all Palestinians were evicted from Kuwait after the war. There have been no relations since. Palestinians are personae non grata in Kuwait.

So why the change?

Because Abbas, or Abu Mazen as he is called, needs to be seen as a person who mends fences in the Arab world. He needs to campaign across Muslim and Arab countries in order to be perceived as a leader, and elected leader, by his own people.

I do not believe, however, that the Kuwaitis will be easily duped. They remember the Iraqi invasion of 1990 and Palestinian reaction as if it were yesterday.

4 June 2017 12:14 PM in Thoughts


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