Una semana antes del esperado discurso del Primer Ministro Netanyahu, el 16 de mayo de 2011, el Presidente de la AP, Mahmoud Abbas, publica una op-ed en el NYT que, como la emboscada de Obama, pretende condicionarlo y que, de hecho, implica dar por acabados los Acuerdos de Oslo: The Long Overdue Palestinian State (Mahmoud Abbas, May 16, 2011):
Many are questioning what value there is to such recognition while the Israeli occupation continues. Others have accused us of imperiling the peace process. We believe, however, that there is tremendous value for all Palestinians — those living in the homeland, in exile and under occupation.
Como vemos, se refiere a las dos acusaciones que recibe (1) los valores que tiene para los Palestinos y (2) poner en peligro el Proceso de Paz... pero solo responde a la primera; sobre la segunda guarda silencio.
Respuesta oficial del Primer Ministro Netanyahu al artículo:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today said in response to Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas's article in the New York Times that, "This is a gross distortion of well-known and -documented historical facts. It was the Palestinians who rejected the partition plan for two states while the Jewish leadership accepted it. It was the armies of Arab countries – assisted by Palestinian forces – that attacked the Jewish state in order to destroy it. None of this is mentioned in the article. Moreover, one could conclude from the article that the Palestinian leadership views the establishment of a Palestinian state as a means to continue the conflict with Israel instead of ending it."
El Congresista useño Ackerman condena la posición de Abbas.
Abbas’ Op-Ed Hammers Last Nails in Oslo Accords (Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, May 17, 2011)
PA Chief Abbas: We Left Galilee on Our Own (Hillel Fendel, Jul 7,2009), donde con palabras del propio Abbas escritas dos años antes se desmiente la historia que sobre su salida de Palestina en 1948 falsariamente relata en la op-ed del NYT.
Aquí comentan documentadamente la op-ed de Abbas: Abbas’ Revisionism & Crocodile Tears Lapped Up at the New York Times (May 17). Aquí también: Abbas in 'The New York Times': Rewriting history, rejecting peace (David Harris, May 17, 2011) - Exposing Abbas (Benny Morris, May 19, 2011)
Mahmoud Abbas no es Pinocho (David Mandel, 21 mayo 2011) - pone en evidencia otras falsedades del artículo de Abbas.
Another Tack: The owners of history (Sarah Honig, June 3, 2011)