Friday June 24, 2011
I've Been Thinking:

Word is, from a high level Palestinian source and reported in YNet, that Abbas is ready to compromise.

The Abbas compromise would be the best kind - the kind where everyone wins.

According to the report Abbas is willing to accept a partial Israeli settlement freeze and then sit down and talk with Israel.

Until now Abbas has insisted on a total settlement freeze. For reasons that are obvious to everyone who understands the region, a total freeze is very unlikely and near impossible. But a partial freeze is doable.

By accepting a partial freeze Abbas can come to the table. He can reduce if not quite eliminate the pressure upon him to declare a state in September at the UN Security Council.

This truly is a win - win situation for everyone except, of course, those die hard extremists who refuse to accept the concept of compromise. Unfortunately the compromise-naysayers are a very large part of the audience before whom Abbas has had to play these past two years.

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