Arlene Kushner On Dealing With Abbas

From Arlene Kushner

November 24, 2011

"He's Not Buying It"

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is not remotely convinced, nor should he be: 

In certain quarters of the international community the idea is being promoted that a peace treaty hastily negotiated between Israel and the PA would have a mollifying effect on the unrest in the Arab world.  EU Ambassador to Israel Andrew Standley, for example, said at a Jerusalem press conference yesterday that Israel should move quickly to settle with the Palestinians to remove this conflict as an issue on the Egyptian street.

Failure to move ahead on negotiations, he declared, should not be allowed to become an additional "disturbing factor" in the Arab world.

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Now, really.

Abbas Finally Admits Fatah Is No Different Than Hamas

Abbas agreed that Hamas and Fatah have the same goals:

"President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal on Thursday hailed a new "partnership" after talks to implement a landmark reconciliation deal.

"We want to assure our people and the Arab and Islamic world that we have turned a major new and real page in partnership on everything do to with the Palestinian nation," Mashaal said.

"There are no more differences between us now," added Abbas, who heads the Fatah movement."