Rabin once famously remarked that one signs peace with enemies rather than friends. His common sense fell on deaf ears.
The eight Palestinian terrorist factions based in Syria rejected Abbas’ peace talks with Israel. Fatah’s Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, financed with Israeli tax transfers, refrained from public opposition, but is not to be expected to lay down its weapons.
By talking to Abbas, Israel negotiates with the only Palestinian group which does not threaten us, and ignores all the groups that actually fight us.
