European Union acclaims Abbas whilst flogging Farage

I would also like to thank you all for all the different kinds of aid you have given, aiding us in institution-building and helping us establish the bases for a democratic regime which will be stable in the future and which will be able to comply with international criteria for democracy, and in particular we want to establish a proper rule of law and proper respect for human rights.

EUP parliamentarians – including Shulz and Juncker - silently swallowed these soothing words despite:

· Gazan and West Bank Arabs having been denied the right to vote since 2006 or to choose a President to replace Abbas whose term of office had expired in 2010.

· The "Palestinian National Authority" having been unilaterally disbanded by Abbas by decree on 3 January 2013

· Honour killings and victimisation of gays continuing under Abbas's regime

· Life imprisonment being imposed for selling land to Jews.

A duplicitous Abbas further claimed:

Our history has been, frankly, one of a continued existence in this territory since the dawn of civilization until now

Utter nonsense.

The "Palestinians" were defined for the first time in history in 1964 by article 6 of the PLO Charter:

The Palestinians are those Arab citizens who were living normally in Palestine up to 1947, whether they remained or were expelled. Every child who was born to a Palestinian parent after this date whether in Palestine or outside is a Palestinian.

The Arab citizens of Palestine formed part of the "existing non-Jewish communities" in the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine.