Tags: Hu Jantao Mahmoud Abbas US-Iran Chinese president Hu Jintao was taken by surprise by the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas's plea to support tough sanctions against The Chinese leader's response is not known. However, one of Beijing's main considerations in opposing painful sanctions against Iran, including an embargo on refined fuel products and arms, is its championship of the Third World nations' position that Security Council sanctions are a blunt instrument all too often applied by the big powers, especially United States, to bend them to their will. Abbas' arguments to Hu reinforced that pledge. Saturday, too, the Arab League's monitoring committee was expected to endorse the Palestinian leader's acceptance of the
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 1, 2010, 11:16 AM (GMT+02:00)
Hu received the Palestinian leader after the gala opening of Shanghai World Expo. According to Chinese sources, Abbas explained that for once, most Arab nations - and the Palestinians, most of all - are ranged on the same side as
Abbas told the Chinese leader that he spoke on behalf of a majority of Arab rulers, in particular, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, United Arab Emirates president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zaed al-Nahyan and King Abdullah II of Jordan.
Palestinian cities have no defenses against their rockets should Iran and its allies, Syria, Hizballah and Hamas wage war against Israel, he said, and thousands of Palestinians in the line of fire would pay with their lives. He therefore pleaded with President Hu to drop his objections to harsh sanctions against
Our sources note that this was the first time a Palestinian leader supported
Abbas' petition, in fact, complemented and underscored the Obama administration's case for harsh sanctions against
Saturday, 1 May 2010
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