Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: If Mahmoud Abbas is so keen to treat the
Palestinian terrorists as soldiers, does he agree to having them being
imprisoned for war crimes?

Or does Mr. Abbas think that under some bizarre interpretation of the Geneva
Convention that it is OK to deliberately target civilians?

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Abbas to Seek Implementing Geneva Convention in Palestinian Territory
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RAMALLAH, April 17, 2012 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday said the
Palestinian Authority will seek high contracting parties to the Fourth
Geneva Convention to demand implementing the convention in the Palestinian
territory, especially regarding Palestinian prisoners.

Abbas said on the occasion of the Palestinian Prisoner Day that PA will call
for implementing the Geneva Convention on Palestinian prisoners so as to be
treated as war prisoners with the entailing basic human rights, in
accordance to the international law and resolutions.

He stressed that the issue of the prisoners is on the top of the Palestinian
leadership’s priority, and called on Palestinians in general and Palestinian
prisoners in specific to maintain unity, affirming that the only side making
use of division is Israel.

Abbas said that despite of Israel’s declared position supporting the
two-state solution; it is in fact working on tearing down any possible
chance to achieve it.

M.H.