Let Livni lead the PA

The Palestinian Authority condemned on Monday the terrorist attack that occured near nightclub Haoman 17 in Tel Aviv early Monday morning. An official statement issued by the PA President's Office in Ramallah said, "The president condemns the attacking of civilians, including the event that took place in Tel Aviv this morning."

In the same statement the PA President's Office condemned Israel's attacks on Gaza as well as Israel security operations and arrests made in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

Abbas "condemns" the attacking of civilians. In this instance could he have been more precise? Shouldn't he have states ISRAELI citizens? These are the typical nuances that the "palestinians" use when referring to attacks that they truly don't condemn. Proof of this is in the following statement? How can the Abbas "condemn" retaliatory responses to terrorism? Isn't that what a government of a legitimate nation is supposed to do? Isn't it what he would do if he were the leader of a legitimate government?

Mahmoud Abbas has spoken out of both sides of his mouth since he joined his mentor Yassir Arafat. Fortunately for us, he isn't as good at it. He constantly makes public statements that conflict. The problem is that the people responsible for decision making ignore these blatant contradictions.

Speaking of contradictions:

"Rather than negotiate with moderate Palestinian leaders and fight Hamas, Netanyahu is ignoring the moderates and negotiating [cease-fires] with Hamas," Livni said last week.

This sounds nice for a speech but is worthless in practice. Can someone find me a "moderate palestinian"? What qualifies as a moderate? Abbas is just as wicked as Hamas, he is just using different tools to the same end. Livni is nothing more than a political opportunist who would sell her soul to Satan to sit in the Prime Minister's chair.

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