Abbas never promised to stop working against Israeli settlements any more than Israel promised to slow construction. You want Abbas to stop, make a deal, pull your troops from Palestine and stop building in Palestine. Stop whining about Abbas doing diplomatically what Israel has been doing for decades to Palestinians.

Israel should stop all trade with the PA. Let them trade with Jordan and Egypt. Annex every land essential for Israel's security, and fence the rest. Shoot everyone trying to cross the new border fence.

responsible for his deeds that contradict the very basis on which he and his colleagues were permitted to enter the country back in 1994. And, if he can't meet the requirements, his place ought to be in Tunis or any other place of his choice but within "the national home for the Jewish people" as the territory located between the Jordan River and the Med. Sea was designated by international law, i.e. San Remo conference, 1920; League of Nations decisions, 1922; and, UN Charter, article 80, 1945.

...otherwise this reads like your own private rant, which no one cares about.

where is the terror? israelis always use the term terror, terrorism against the palestinians. mr abbas represents palestine and he is trying to defend the palestinian people's rights. if there is any slandering, insults and false news spreading, well, they certainly are from the israeli side, and so palestinians get victimised by israeli policies and media, by the idf and the settlers more and more. free palestine now!

Those who are still sitting with the Palestinian representatives talking futile 'peace talks, letting Palestinian murderers go free, giving peace to terrorist families by sending their sorry bones back for burial, preventing Jews from praying on the temple mount, sending food/building materials to Gaza and not starting a real PR campaign of showing the ''ugly Palestinian, etc.etc.etc. How many articles are being written in Israel about the 'ugly Israeli and all the things that Israel is 'supposedly doing wrong? It's about time to return the compliments! Israel is behaving like the Ghetto Jew. No wonder the 2 are always compared! Being quit and hoping the aggressor will pass and things will change for the better have never worked!

the writer is delussional...a disease more pro-Israel supporters suffer from. Israel may not like this new tactic ( which should have been employed much sooner) but it is not terror.

that the old lets negotiate about negotiations and whilst we are negotiating we will continue building in Palestine is no longer working. Although to be honest the opinion that he had been drinking whilst writing it is also gaining traction

Another hysterical article based on the fear, hate, paranoia, intellectual ignorance and general hysteria and hatred of peace that typifies the messianic religious right-wing. What does Guy Bechor expect Abbas to do?, become a right-wing Zionist and praise settlement Construction? Or maybe join the Likud and Habiyit Hayehudi?, you are supposed to make peace with your enemies not your friends. Blaming Abbas for the crimes of Hamas is rediculous, Fatah has no control of Hamas which long ago abandoned the PLO. Bechor also seems to think that the right-wing religious extremists who inhabit the trailer parks of the West Bank and come from New York, Moscow and Kiev somehow need to be compensated for settling on land that didnt belong to them in the first place and which will more than likely stay in settler hands via a landswap deal, while the supposed ethnic cleansing will remain an imaginary fear of Bechor and others like him. Guy Bechor and the right-wing need to get real and stop with the constant whining and claims of persecution, Israel is by far the strongest party in the conflict and it is the Israeli government that holds the key to peace.

history, Dave. The land is disputed, not occupied. You're big on sweeping posts yet unless you base them on facts, they don't carry water. HB-I @4 is right...have you conveniently forgotten these Charters and Resolutions or were you never aware of them?Google what Dr Jacques Gauthier has to offer you to set you on the right track.

The British that created the Middle East mess as well as in other regions of the world are the last ones to give advice or have an opinion on others affairs. Look at your own backyard and give independence to Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland, Cornwall and the Malvinas.

And the fact that NONE of those who criticize you in this commentators field want to take charge with you on the actual issue - the Israeli-Palestinian conflict today, in the year2013! - is proof enough. The so called "Bank robber argument" ("Stupid, evil police, why are you arresting me when there are murderers running loose") is the only thing these extremist Likudniks/Bible thumping lunatics have left. Well done, David!!!

usa goes from one international leader to another and incites war

Throw this a hole to his friends in Gaza and they show him some diplomacy gazan style.

obama and the europeans support him.

The PA is conducting a diplomatic and economic war against Israel. Israel must retaliate in kind. Freeze economic cooperation, seize their tax receipts, bar the EU from PA projects. Cut off their foreign aid from the US. Impose an embargo on PA imports and exports. Freeze prisoner releases and freeze the talks. This is common sense.

You are becoming a little more coherent. Although your posts are still drivel.

If Israel would abide by international laws then Abbas wouldn't be asking for assistance in stopping the oppression and dispossession of his people by foreign invaders.

''foreign invaders''= delusional you are. thanks for the laugh.

Doesn't matter if you agree on the subject or not, but "Diplomatic terror" is a contradiction in itself. It's like "black snow", "wooden iron" or "squared circle". So what does the article say? The Paliestinians use peaceful measurements to fight Israel. So what does the author of the article want the Palestinians to do? In the end he wants them to surrender and die or he wants them to start a new intifada so that he can kill them all.

the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and its leaders. If they want, let them go back to Tunis. We, Israelis, would do better dealing with the Arabs in our midst without those who came here to stir troubles and only to stir troubles, not peace.