The Middle East Media Sampler 7/9/2012: Abbas Denial Continues

From DG:

1) After all he has a PhD in denial

The Times of Israel reports Abbas accuses Rice of fabricating crucial conversation about Olmert’s peace offer (h/t Challah Hu Akbar):

In her book “No Higher Honor” published last year, Rice describes how she traveled to Ramallah in May 2008 and “sketched out the details” of Olmert’s offer, which covered West Bank territorial arrangements, security issues, the division of Jerusalem, and a proposal regarding Palestinian refugees that provided for a very limited number to enter Israel. Abbas started negotiating immediately, she wrote, and she quoted him saying: “I can’t tell four million Palestinians that only five thousand of them can go home.” 

In an interview broadcast Saturday night on Israel’s Channel 2 news, however, Abbas flatly denied saying anything of the kind. Indeed, he said no such conversation took place.