(Chicago Sun-Times) Steve Huntley - A genuine, vigorous push by the U.S. and Israel to achieve a breakthrough toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict crashes and burns because the Palestinian leadership simply doesn't want any solution short of the end of the Jewish state. The coup de grace came when Abbas announced a reconciliation deal with Hamas, the terrorist overlords of Gaza committed to the destruction of Israel. The Hamas leadership made it explicitly clear that it has no intention of abandoning "resistance" - also known as blowing Israeli teenage girls to bits, and bombing pizza parlors, markets and buses packed with civilians. Israel rightfully suspended negotiations, and outraged members of Congress are calling for suspending the hundreds of millions of dollars America pours each year into the ineffective and corrupt Palestinian Authority government. There's speculation that this latest attempt is nothing more than a ploy by Abbas to wring yet more concessions from Israel and the U.S. Even if that's true, the point is that Abbas is looking for more concessions, not to do anything that might actually advance the cause of peace.
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