....and, Israel mulls "goodwill gesture" towards hapless Abbas... short of making him relevant!

That says it all: Kill & loot your fellow Palestinians,.. we'll compliment you, BUT you'll remain irrelevant! In the JPOst, here

"The PA forces did a very good job keeping terror down during the operation," a top IDF source said. "Mitchell could use the success in the West Bank as a tool to pressure Israel into transferring security over to the PA," one official explained.....(but) "Israel, at this point, is apprehensive [about] this possibility, since it would be interpreted as a concession with no return."

"the Jugular!"