[Jerusalem Post] Khaled Abu Toameh - Seven years after the failed Camp David summit, there is no reason to believe that the Palestinian negotiators are about to soften their position and offer major concessions. It's also unlikely that the Palestinian negotiators would accept anything less than what they and Arafat rejected at Camp David. Even if they wanted, these negotiators wouldn't be able to present different views because they would be immediately condemned by the Arab and Islamic masses as traitors. With Hamas breathing down their necks, Abbas and his negotiators are even likely to toughen their stance to prove that they did not compromise the rights of the Palestinians.
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