[Who knows what secret portions of the deals were not made public. We do know about the sale of missiles to Syria. But… the Palestinians might, through Gaza, be able to import weaponry directly from Russia. The Russians are troublemakers. They were troublemakers in Africa, and now they are playing in the Middle East. Keep watching their support of dictators and terrorists and any anti-Western/Anti-Israeli forces there. The Russians are lying when they pretend to be part of the peace process. Their concept of peace will be the surrender of Israel. Jan]

Abu Mazen Returns To Base February 2, 2005

Emanuel A. Winston, a Middle East analyst & commentator

Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen – his adopted Terrorist nickname) has returned to Russia to visit his trainers. This is the man who wrote his thesis in the Soviet Union that the Holocaust was merely a fable. This is the man who Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has started to support – with fervor!

It is instructive to note that Abu Mazen returns to meet Vladimir Putin, Russia™s President now, but formerly high in their KGB. Putin himself has started to return to his KGB days and Cold War attitudes.

Abu Mazen follows a four day visit by Bashar Assad, President of Syria, cutting a deal for Russia supplies SS-18 Missiles (that we know about)! Clearly, itis time to once again re-target Russia with our own ICBMs as Putin deploys new Ballistic Missiles.

What does Abu Mazen want from his former and present handlers of the Soviet Union – now Russia? What weapons will he request once there is an open Airport in Gaza and Sea Terminals? Will he get artillery, missiles, armor and shoulder-fired missiles – all shipped out in the open – thanks to Sharon.

With the first major attacks by the Arab Muslim Palestinians against Israeli cities which should be followed by dismissing the Israeli government. This should be followed by mass arrests of top Government officials of both Likud and the Labor Parties – for treason. Trials to follow but, in the interim, enforced detention to insure those responsible are cut off from communicating with either the Palestinians or such foreign nations with whom they have been working…under the table.

In the meantime, the Left Liberal Press in Israel, the U.S., Foreign Media are gleefully cheering a few days of seeming quiet, although there have been numerous mortar and Kassem Rockets attacks – not worth reporting. Several weeks of arranged quiet, in order to push the Sharon-Bush evacuation is a typical betrayal of Jews. When Arab Muslim Terrorists are quiet for 5, 10 or 50 years only then can one say there is a possible opportunity for peace.

Abu Mazen™s short-term agreement with his Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezb™Allah, Tanzim, Fatah Terrorists is merely grim humor as the Jew-hating Media puts out cheerful stories of how the Jihadists have shown their peaceful side.

Serendipity: As I was penning these thoughts, my friend Murray Kahl sent me the following:

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Israeli & Global News

January 31, 2005

RUSSIA BACKS ABBAS AS MIDDLE EAST PEACE HOPES BUILD

MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia pledged its “active” support for the Palestinians amid growing signs of a revival in the long-dormant Middle East peace process as visiting Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas voiced “high hopes” Moscow would advance the drive to restart peace talks.

“You are the recognized leader of the Palestinian people and we will actively support you,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Abbas in front of reporters after the two held talks.

Speaking afterwards at the Kremlin where he held a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin (news – web sites), Abbas said there was now a “historic” opportunity to rekindle the Middle East peace process and said Russia had a decisive role to play in doing so.

“There is a historic chance to bring about peace in the region,” Abbas said.

“Russia’s support in bilateral relations and in the framework of the quartet will be of decisive neimportance in establishing a universal and stable peace in the Middle East,” the Palestinian leader said in remarks spoken in Arabic and translated into Russian by an interpreter.

Putin said he hoped Abbas would succeed in implementing measures needed to improve the Palestinian-Israeli relationship and bolster the Palestinian economy.

“We are ready to cooperate with you and the international community in an active way to resolve these issues,” Putin said.

Abbas underscored that his decision to travel to Moscow before visiting the United States or the European Union (news – web sites) was deliberate and said the Palestinians “have placed high hopes in Russia advancing the peace process.”

Abbas’ trip to Moscow came as Israeli media reported that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news – – web sites) was deliberate and said the Palestinians “have placed high hopes in Russia advancing the peace process.”

Abbas’ trip to Moscow came as Israeli media reported that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s (news – web sites) top advisors were to meet Monday in Washington with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (news – web sites) to discuss prospects for an Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire.

Rice was scheduled to travel to the region February 6 and 7 and an Israeli official said a summit between Sharon and Abbas could take place the week beginning February 6, coinciding with Rice’s trip.

Moscow, a member of the Middle East “quartet,” enjoyed close relations in Soviet times with the Palestinians and other Arab states but its influence in the region has dwindled since the break-up of the Soviet Union.

Analysts said Russia, which has also developed warm relations with Israel since then, was examining various ways to reassert its interests in the Middle East and elsewhere, and Abbas’ visit marked Putin’s first direct engagement in the peace process in four years.

“The main goal of the Palestinian visitor is to obtain Russia’s support in anticipation of difficult negotiations with the Israelis,” the respected centrist daily Izvestia said Monday.

“But the question remains open: Is Moscow ready at this time to support the representative of the late Arafat — not just with words but with concrete deeds?” the paper added, referring to the former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news – web sites). Both the Palestinians and Israelis have taken several critical steps towards resuming peace talks since Arafat’s death.

On Sunday, tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated against their government’s plans to pull out of the Gaza Strip (news – web sites), as officials announced the army could pull back from several West Bank towns within days.

Abbas has also secured an unofficial “cooling down” period from Palestinian militant leaders but wants Israel to reciprocate by ending military operations and starting to release Palestinian prisoners so that he can cement a full ceasefire