president Reuven Rivlin met with Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on
Religious and Islamic Affairs, Mahmoud Al-Habbash, at a meeting with Israeli rabbis and
Palestinian religious leaders. [The New York Times ... eradication of religious hatred."
[The New York Times, Oct. 13, 2016]
This example of Al-Habbash participating in a "co-existence" event with Israelis and presenting
himself as a peace ... moderate is typical of the Palestinian Authority leadership's
duplicity. To his Palestinian audience, Al-Habbash does not ever try to "eradicate religious
hatred," but just the opposite. He promotes