WaPo gets it right
The Washington Post blames the failure of the 'peace process' on the right party. Mr. Abbas's stubbornness might seem spectacularly self-defeating - but only if one assumes that he is genuinely interested in a peace deal. In fact, the U.N. gambit allows him to posture as a champion of the Palestinian cause without having to consider any of the hard choices that would be needed to found a Palestinian state. It enables him to deflect criticism from the rival Hamas movement about his friendly relations with the United States. It might even allow him to head off a popular Palestinian rebellion against his own autocratic behavior - Mr. Abbas has failed to schedule overdue elections, including for his own post as president.Indeed. Not that I would have expected Abu Bluff to do otherwise.
The Obama administration has all along insisted that Mr. Abbas is willing and able to make peace with Israel - despite considerable evidence to the contrary. If the U.N. resolution veto has one good effect, perhaps it will be to prompt a reevaluation of a leader who has repeatedly proved both weak and intransigent.
Labels: Abu Mazen, Palestinian intransigence
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 5:19 AM
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As The Wall Street Journal reports that if Abbas had agreed to change the wording "illegal settlements" to "illegitimate settlements" (with a Security Council field trip to Ramallah to condemn the illegitimacy) Obama would have supported a UNSC condemnation of Israel--either Abbas is running away from negotiations to UN posturing or, he thinks that eventually O will succumb and finally put on a kefiyah.
Meanwhile Libya is turning into a bloodbath.
Smart power is working all over the world.
What could go wrong is coming home to roost.
The Palestinians rejected America's willingness to gang up on Israel over a word.
No good deed goes unpunished. One wonders why Abu Bluff was so adamant over one word!
Eppur si move!
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