(Hudson Institute-New York) Khaled Abu Toameh - Americans need to listen to what the Palestinians are saying not only in English, but also in Arabic. And in Arabic, the message coming from Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah remains no to resumption of peace talks unconditionally, no to accepting Israel as a Jewish state, no to any solution that does not include all the territories captured by Israel in 1967. The U.S. obviously does not take Abbas seriously. Nor are the Americans ready to accept the fact that Abbas is a weak and discredited leader who will never be able to sell any peace agreement to a majority of Arabs and Palestinians.
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