Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters in a brief update from India on Monday that Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas revealed the truth in Sunday night’s speech to the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Central Committee gathering in Ramallah.
“I heard what Abu Mazen (the PA leader’s ‘nom de guerre’) said,” Netanyahu told reporters in a brief video statement hours after his meeting with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“He has revealed the truth. He has torn off the mask and shown to the public the simple truth that I have been working to instill for many long years: The root of the conflict between us and the Palestinians is their steadfast refusal to recognize the Jewish State in any borders whatsoever.”