Abbas defends cooperation with Israel
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Palestinian">Palestinian</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="defended">defended</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="security">security</span> <span word="cooperation">cooperation</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Israel">Israel</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="politically">politically</span> <span word="risky">risky</span> <span word="speech">speech</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="Arab">Arab</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="even">even</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Israeli">Israeli</span> <span word="forces">forces</span> <span word="escalated">escalated</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="extensive">extensive</span> <span word="West">West</span> <span word="Bank">Bank</span> <span word="crackdown">crackdown</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="response">response</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="alleged">alleged</span> <span word="abduction">abduction</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="Israeli">Israeli</span> <span word="teenagers">teenagers</span>.</p><p><span word="President">President</span> <span word="Mahmoud">Mahmoud</span> <span word="Abbas">Abbas</span>' <span word="comments">comments</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="quickly">quickly</span> <span word="condemned">condemned</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="shone">shone</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="controversial">controversial</span> <span word="policies">policies</span> - <span word="working">working</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Israeli">Israeli</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="contain">contain</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Hamas">Hamas</span> <span word="militant">militant</span> <span word="group">group</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="Israel">Israel</span> <span word="accuses">accuses</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="carrying">carrying</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="kidnapping">kidnapping</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="speech">speech</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Muslim">Muslim</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Saudi">Saudi</span> <span word="Arabia">Arabia</span>, <span word="Abbas">Abbas</span> <span word="condemned">condemned</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="apparent">apparent</span> <span word="kidnapping">kidnapping</span>, <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="damage">damage</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Palestinians">Palestinians</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="forces">forces</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="helping">helping</span> <span word="search">search</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="missing">missing</span> <span word="teens">teens</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="looking">looking</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="searching">searching</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="carried">carried</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="act">act</span>," <span word="Abbas">Abbas</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p>"<span word="He">He</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="committed">committed</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="act">act</span> <span word="wants">wants</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="destroy">destroy</span> <span word="us">us</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="apparently">apparently</span> <span word="referring">referring</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fragile">fragile</span> <span word="Hamas">Hamas</span>-<span word="Fatah">Fatah</span> <span word="unity">unity</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="created">created</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="June">June</span> 2.</p><p><span word="Abbas">Abbas</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="hoped">hoped</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="teens">teens</span> "<span word="because">because</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="youths">youths</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="beings">beings</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="lives">lives</span>."</p><p><span word="While">While</span> <span word="accusing">accusing</span> <span word="Israeli">Israeli</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Benjamin">Benjamin</span> <span word="Netanyahu">Netanyahu</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="exploiting">exploiting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="crisis">crisis</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="inflict">inflict</span> <span word="pain">pain</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Palestinians">Palestinians</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="coordination">coordination</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Israel">Israel</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Palestinian">Palestinian</span> <span word="interests">interests</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="don">don</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="chaos">chaos</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="destruction">destruction</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> (<span word="Palestinian">Palestinian</span>) <span word="uprising">uprising</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Organization">Organization</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Islamic">Islamic</span> <span word="Cooperation">Cooperation</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Jeddah">Jeddah</span>, <span word="Saudi">Saudi</span> <span word="Arabia">Arabia</span>.</p>
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