Saturday January 1, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas had some insightful and forceful things to say yesterday.

He said that the United States is more interested in managing the Palestinian/Israeli conflict than in resolving it. In that, Abbas may be correct.

He called for an international response, explaining that he wants to establish an international committee to manage the establishment of a Palestinian State.

At the same time that the president of the PA was making these statements, PA security forces arrested Kawasma in Hebron. Kawasma is the most dangerous and most significant of all Hamas terrorists. In addition to being on the PA's list, Kawasma is also on Israel's terrorists list. Now everyone is happy.

In arresting a leading Hamas strongman, Abbas and the Palestinian Authority have finally assumed the roles that the international community was expecting them to assume.

This single and very important act may pave the way for more international support of the PA and may just accomplish the sought after end around of US involvement in the conflict.

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