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.
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