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Oh no, they
tell us Mahmoud Abbas is on the ropes. A new cadre of PA figures is
on the rise that is “less supportive of negotiations with Israel’s
government.” Less than Abbas? Or more candid?
You can’t get much less supportive than Abbas and his current crew, who
continue to extol the names of terrorists and flee negotiations at the
first opportune moment. But then again, Abbas has been reduced to the
status of Arab League messenger boy. The new PA leadership wants to
employ Gandhi-like nonviolent resistance? All they need is a tradition
of nonviolent resistance, an ideology that shuns violence, and a popular
consensus that killing Jews is a bad thing. I think Gandhi’s idea of a “march
to the sea” isn’t exactly what the Palestinians have in mind.
But let’s understand the import of this: even within the PA, Abbas
lacks a base of support. And he, we are told by the Obami, is the man
and this is the unique moment that are going to give birth to a peace
deal. Yes, it’s quite absurd.
It seems there is never quite the right Palestinian leader in place.
This one is well-meaning, but has no backing. That one is popular, but
allergic to peace talks. Another, after all, was imprisoned for
terrorism. Perhaps there just isn’t someone who is willing to
make a deal and who enjoys support within the Palestinian
leadership and population. It might just be that the past 18 months of
peace-processing, not to mention the past 60 years, have been a colossal
waste of time.
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