Videos: Can You Tell Which Of These Palestinians Are Israel's Peace Partners?

Is it Saeb Erekat?



Or is it these guys?




Let Erekat tell you in his own words:

Unfortunately, my comments were interpreted as an apology in the name of the Palestinian people to Israel – which totally contrasts my beliefs...I spoke as the director of negotiations and meant to say that we, as negotiators – Palestinians and Israelis equally – have disappointed our peoples by failing to reach an agreement to end the conflict despite lengthy years of negotiations...I never for a moment considered apologizing to the Israeli people on behalf of the Palestinian people – a nation which suffers daily from the policy of occupation, deportation, and humiliation, and which is really the one worthy of an apology.

You know who that leaves--here's a transcript of the second video from Palwatch:

Band member recites a poem:
"Fight, brother, the flag will never be lowered,
the torches will never die out."
On [Mt.] Carmel (in Israel) and in the [Jordan] Valley,
we are rocks and streams.
In Lod (Israeli city) we are poems, and in Ramle (Israeli city) - grenades.
We, my brother, shall remain the revolution of the fighting nation."

Vocalist sings:
"The Zionists went out from [their] homelands,
compounding damage and enmity.
But the Palestinian revolution awaits [them].
The orchard called us to the [armed] struggle.
We replaced bracelets with weapons.
We attacked the despicable [Zionists].
This invading enemy is on the battlefield.
This is the day of consolation of Jihad.
Pull the trigger.
We shall redeem Jerusalem, Nablus and the country."
[PA TV (Fatah), Sept. 12, 2010]

Pull the trigger.
Somehow, I don't think he means the trigger of peace.

Hat tip: Muqata

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