Safe Mode: On
Abbas honors firefighters who helped douse Carmel blaze

Palestinian leader says firefighters who helped Israel acted like Salah al-Din. 'It was our duty to provide aid in order to save lives and the environment,' he says

Published: 12.11.10

During a ceremony held in the West Bank Saturday in honor of the Palestinian firefighters who helped Israel extinguish the deadly fire in the Carmel region, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told them, "You did great work.




"Palestinian history shows we have never hesitated to fulfill our humane duty in cases such as these. Salah al-Din sent his personal physician to treat his enemy, England's King Richard, who headed the crusade to conquer our land," Abbas said.



"Our neighbors suffered a tragedy, and it was our duty to provide aid in order to save lives and the environment," the Palestinian leader said. "We won't hesitate to offer such assistance - to Israel or any other country."




According to Abbas, the aid given to Israel would also help boost the Palestinians' image abroad.



President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent Abbas a telegram in which they thanked the Palestinians for helping Israel fight the woodland inferno, which claimed the lives of 43 people.




http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3997521,00.html


Click to view image: '6ff64d7495d2-1.jpg'

Added: Dec-12-2010 
By: aydeo
In: Middle East
Tags: Abbas, honors, firefighters, Carmel blaze, Salah al-Din
Marked as: approved
Views: 8226 | Comments: 9 | Votes: 1 | Favorites: 0 | Shared: 0 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 1
You need to be registered in order to add comments! Register HERE
Sort by: Newest first | Oldest first | Highest score first
Liveleak opposes racial slurs - if you do spot comments that fall into this category, please report them for us to review.

  • right attitude by the palestinians

    Posted Dec-12-2010 By 
    PEDRO2705 (36.86)  

    (2)

  • lol Freejew must be off-shift or he'd be on refuting this .

    Posted Dec-12-2010 By 
    lauriebhoy (1249.80)  

    (1)

    • All things considered, Abbas is alright, and Fayad seems reasonable and rational. Most rational Israelis will tell you the same. And any help the Palis in WB gave is appreciated, as was expressed by Bibi and Peres. But dont forget the other half of the Palis were having parades and throwing candies at each other celebrating the destruction.

      Posted Dec-12-2010 By 
      knockemdown (75.76)  

      (-1)

    • Of course i can refute Abbas and his lies....Salah al-Din was a Kurd...not a Palestinian like Abbas is trying to insinuate.
      And his one line sums it all up.
      "the aid given to Israel would help boost the Palestinians' image abroad".
      So in other words, he sent them in for publicity....not as a sign of good will towards Israel.
      Abbas would love to see ISrael wiped out, and when he speaks in Arabic, he doesnt hide that fact.
      He was one of the masterminds of the Munich massacre and should o More..

      Posted Dec-12-2010 By 
      Freejay (3790.76)  

      (0)

  • You see Ayde, the Palestinians are REAL people, unlike you animals who just go around shooting them.

    Posted Dec-12-2010 By 
    Foxoutfoxing (321.46)

    (1)

    • have you ever saw me say here that pales. are not reall people???

      you are talking with som1 who wants to see a pales. country and good future for them.

      you do exactly what you pretend to go against- making a whole nation into "monsters" and not people.

      each side has REALL people.

      thousends of ill palestenians are being taken care of at israeli hospitals, by israeli docotors.
      that is only one example out of many for the simple fact that "monsters" exsist only in More..

      Posted Dec-12-2010 By 
      aydeo (6039.28)  

      (0)

  • how about you all toss your retarded religions out the window and start treating humanity with simple respect or morality? you don't need a god to tell you that helping another human being in need it the right thing to do, but some of you do need a pat on the back for doing it.

    Posted Dec-12-2010 By 
    fern420 (3230.88)  

    (1)

  • speck of hope

    Posted Dec-12-2010 By 
    nation_of_zion (146.22)

    (0)

  • Abbas is a traitor infidele

    Posted Dec-12-2010 By 
    ali1999 (1070.78)

    (-2)