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Grandstanding and Ambivalence by Abbas Holding Up Progress on Peace
(Fox News) Kenneth Bandler - It is annoyingly predictable. When progress towards Israeli-Palestinian peace emerges, Mahmoud Abbas issues demands and threats, while world leaders scramble to appease him. This is the third time in 2010 alone that he has played this game. The solution to reviving the direct talks, for the second time in less than two months, lies not with Israel but with Abbas, whose grandstanding and ambivalence hinders progress and harms the very people whom he serves. And the surest way to change Abbas is for the U.S. and other world leaders to stop playing his game, making every effort to appease him, but, instead, firmly remind the Palestinians that the only sound path to peace and a state will be found when they engage Israel in direct talks. The writer is the American Jewish Committee's Director of Communications.