(Jerusalem Post) Dan Diker - The Palestinians continue to refuse to return to the negotiating table with Israel without preconditions. Both Fatah and Hamas officials have issued threats of violence during President Obama's visit and say they are weighing a third intifada. Obama can still prevail upon the Palestinians to stop the vicious incitement against Israel, stop refusing to negotiate peace with Israel, hold free and fair elections and stop threatening the U.S. administration when it offers to help Palestinians achieve stable political independence. The writer, a foreign policy fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, is a former secretary-general of the World Jewish Congress.
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