' ... accordingly, Abbas has gone from cuddles to brass knuckles? Not really!'
Embellishing Abbas' nationalist credentials, ... in Haaretz, here"... Netanyahu, however, relates to Abbas as a foe who is waging a diplomatic war against Israel. In the premier's view, Abbas represents the past, the struggle for "Palestinian rights," the return of the refugees, the Palestinians' lists of Israeli crimes and endless demands for "justice." .....Abbas relates to Netanyahu with similar hostility. He sees the prime minister as a downright nuisance who is interfering with the achievement of Palestinian goals. The antagonism and lack of trust between the two men were evident at the meeting forced upon them by U.S. President Barack Obama last month in New York.Netanyahu and Abbas have opposite views on ending the conflict. Abbas wants to work from the top down: First Israel should recognize Palestinian rights and demands, then details and implementation will be discussed.....Netanyahu believed PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad represented a different approach from that of Abbas: trying to improve the present instead of concentrating on the injustices of the past. Fayyad does indeed focus on the creation of an independent Palestine - not on settling accounts from the wars of 1948 and 1967.....Israel's relationship with the PA is beginning to resemble relations with Egypt and Jordan, the countries with which there are signed peace treaties. In all these cases security cooperation exists alongside lively diplomatic warfare and a total disconnect between the peoples. The peace process, then, is just a framework for a more polite pursuit of the conflict, and not for creating friendship and cooperation or openness, as in the relationship between the United States and Canada. Nonetheless, Netanyahu's diplomatic wrangling with Abbas, unpleasant as it may be, is definitely preferable to violent confrontation."
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hahaha....With foes like this who needs friends?
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