The Middle East Sampler 2/29/2012: Has Abbas Done Anything For Peace?

From DG:

1) Pin the blame on Bibi

In The Two-State Solution is the Best, and Only, Solution, Jeffrey Goldberg writes:

What is the alternative to a one-state solution? A two-state solution -- a Palestine in the West Bank and Gaza with its capital in East Jerusalem. Why is the one-state idea getting some airplay now? In part because there is little hope at the moment of seeing the two-state solution being implemented. Whose fault is that? Everyone's, including and especially Hamas's, which controls half of would-be Palestine, and Benjamin Netanyahu's, for failing to convince just about anyone that his embrace of two-statism is sincere. 

First of all the equivalence between Hamas and Netanyahu is repugnant. But does Goldberg have any proof for his assertion?

Liar? The Problem With Netanyahu Is He Has Truth, Law And History On His Side!

Melanie Phillips demonstrates through characteristic directness and bluntness the folly of blaming Israel whenever there is a breakdown in the "Peace Process".

Instead, history, law and logic supports Israels in the Middle East: