The problem is that Abu Mazen signed an agreement with the Hamas and the Islamic Jihad.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Abu Mazen is not a member of the Zionist movement. He is a Palestinian.
Abu Mazen has got to do only one thing: to fight terror. That's what he needs to do.
Abu Mazen has no more hope for Netanyahu's approach. He's searching for a way to establish the Palestinian state. He doesn't want a militarized struggle with Israel.
Hamas is really a problem for the Palestinians and for Egypt more than Israel.
Sooner or later, Israel will have to defeat Hamas. There is no way around it.
Hamas is a terror organization with a covenant that speaks about the elimination of the Jewish people and the State of Israel. They are not partners for negotiations.
The framework for peace signed by Egypt and Israel is almost a peace treaty. We solved the problem for the peace treaty 98%.
Needless to say, if the Arab-Israeli conflict is about interstate disputes and the need to resolve the future of the West Bank and Gaza, it can be solved; if it is a religious conflict, nothing but violence is ahead.
From the end of 2006 until the end of 2008 I think I met with Abu Mazen more often than any Israeli leader has ever met any Arab leader. I met him more than 35 times. They were intense, serious negotiations.
Abu Mazen understands that it is impossible to vanquish Israel by means of terrorism.