By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is continuing his opposition to US policy. Abbas continues to attack the United States by saying that the US cannot force them into an agreement and that the US is not to be trusted as an honest mediator.
While delivering a speech Abbas said that the US cannot force the Palestinians to sign a peace deal.
That they cannot impose a peace treaty.
Abbas held up his pen as a prop and said "this is our pen and we are the only ones who can sign."
It was an effective metaphor and strong symbolic gesture.
Abbas continued on saying that the Palestinians will only sign a deal if it includes a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza and with East Jerusalem as the capital. It should include all the areas within in the pre-'67 borders.
Abbas is also facing charges that he wire tapped his opponents and allies in order to keep tabs on them. The surveillance was done by the CIA and the intelligence was handed over to Abbas.
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