Arab Knesset member Hanin Zoabi launched a scathing attack on Palestinian authority president Mahmoud Abbas for his stated position against the captors of the three Jewish settlers, describing him as a "traitor."
In televised remarks on Saturday, Zoabi said that Abbas's involvement in security coordination with Israel is a betrayal of the Palestinian people and their national cause.
The lawmaker attributed Abbas's recent remarks on the incident to his fears of losing his authority and power in the West Bank
She expressed her refusal to apologize for her recent remarks in which she said that the captors of the three settlers were no terrorists, and highlighted that she supports the legitimate struggle of the Palestinian people against the occupation.
She also slammed the Israeli media for its racist positions towards what happen to the Palestinians, and accused them of ignoring the recent killing of Palestinians in the West Bank and focusing only on the missing settlers as if the Palestinian victims were not humans.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas last week expressed hope that the three Jewish teens who went missing in a southern West Bank settlement a week ago could return safe to their homes and expressed his sympathy to their families.
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