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Source: http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20050712-091445-9840r.htm
Jihadists and Palestinians
(Washington Times) Editorial - Mahmoud Abbas has pursued a policy toward rejectionist organizations that is strikingly similar to the approach pursued by Arafat following the 1993 Oslo Accords. Instead of using force against those organizations that remained committed to terror, Palestinian leaders embarked on what amounted to a plan to beg the terrorists to behave themselves. Until and unless Abbas can be persuaded to get serious about confronting the rejectionists, Israel has no functioning peace partner on the Palestinian side.