Soccer Dad: Abysmal abbas

October 8, 2008

Abysmal abbas

Yesterday I expressed some qualified optimism about an upcoming Middle East summit planned for November. I figured that if Abbas would attend because he needed Israel, perhaps he'd be less stubborn.

The Hashmonean, in comments, though, differed:

Now, progress on agreements which has resulted in capitulation to Palestinian demands previously off the table are clearly being codified in a maintenance summit, who's sole purpose in November can be to prepare a hand-off to the next administrations, thus codifying Olmert's govts concessions & tying Israel's hands with Livni or without her going forward. Rice is solidifying the damage she has done here squeezing us over this past 2 years.

Now I see that Abbas isn't so scared of Hamas that he isn't still looking to reconcile with them.

So let's hope that the maintenance summit doesn't have too much success and that Israel's next leader won't be hamstrung by last minute concessions made by a caretaker government. The Hashmonean has a poll showing that Israelis are overwhelmingly confident about their country and its rightness unlike the way the Washington Post portrayed Israeli society.

Crossposted on Yourish.

Posted by SoccerDad at October 8, 2008 4:55 AM

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