At his recent speech at the UN, the Palestinian president retold his usual historical lies, but he also went a step further. It should now be clear to anyone who still had doubts that he is not and will not be a reliable partner for negotiations. And that’s not even the worst of it. Michael Oren writes:

In his previous General Assembly speeches, Mahmoud Abbas denied the Jewish people’s historical connection to the Land of Israel and Jerusalem. But this time he conveyed an unprecedented message: he does not want negotiations–not even American-brokered talks–and is not interested in a durable peace based on security arrangements and mutual recognition. The fact that Israel doesn’t have a partner for peace was accepted by the Israeli public a long time ago. But now we are forced to acknowledge a new fact: that Abbas poses a danger that may be revealed as strategically more serious than the tactical dangers posed by Hamas.

How did Qatar, an American ally, become the nerve center of the leading Palestinian jihadist organization? Natalie Ecanow explains.

When Jordan expelled Hamas in 1999, Qatar offered sanctuary to the group, which had already become notorious for using suicide-bombing attacks over the previous decade. . . . Hamas chose to relocate to Syria. However, that arrangement lasted for only a decade. With the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, the terror group found its way back to Qatar.

In 2003, Hamas leaders reportedly convened in Qatar after the IDF attempted to eliminate Hamas’s founder, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, following a Hamas suicide bombing in Jerusalem that killed seven people, including two American citizens. This episode led to one of the first efforts by Qatar to advocate for its terror proxy.

Thirteen years and five wars between Hamas and Israel later, Qatar’s support for Hamas has not waned. . . . To this day, Qatari officials maintain that the office came at the “request from Washington to establish indirect lines of communication with Hamas.” However, an Obama White House official asserted that there was never any request from Washington. . . . Inexplicably, the United States government continues to rely on Qatar to negotiate for the release of the hostages held by Hamas, even as the regime hosts the terror group’s political elite.

A reckoning is needed between our two countries. Congressional hearings, legislation, executive orders, and other measures to regulate relations between our countries are long overdue.