Senior Fatah official: Most Palestinians support kidnapping of three teens

[King_David]

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s condemnation last week of the kidnappings of Naftali Fraenkel, Gil-Ad Shaer and Eyal Yifrah continued to stir waves both inside the Palestinian Authority and in Israel over the weekend.

Palestinian officials in Ramallah on Saturday stepped up their attacks on Israel in the wake of the ongoing manhunt for the three kidnapped teenagers, amid growing criticism of Abbas over his denunciation of the kidnappings.

Amin Maqboul, member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, said that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians support the abductions, if the goal is to exchange them for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.

Defending Abbas’s stance regarding the kidnapping, however, Maqboul said that the PA president’s recent remarks were intended to “spare Palestinians the dangers of Israeli aggression and avoid international pressure.”

Maqboul explained that this was the policy of Abbas, “who sometimes makes statements that are unacceptable to our people. But the purpose [of these statements] is to spare the Palestinian people the dangers of Israeli aggression and reactions of the international community.”

http://www.jpost.com/Operation-Brothers-Keeper/Abbas-condemnation-of-kidnappings-continues-to-stir-Israel-Palestinian-Authority-360118

[WatermelonRat]

1. At this point, I don't doubt the claim.