would demand or suggest terrorists be given a seat at any table. People like Abbas may represent people like Sufa Arafat as they line their pockets together with money stolen from their people and given to them as a handout because they don't have the brains or inclination to support themselves. The ersatz Palestinians don't want peace, they want all of Israel. Any deal they sign isn't worth the paper it's written on.

What's your price on that happening? From zero to ten--

That's right-- Mahmoud Abbas, now beginning the NINTH year of a FOUR-YEAR elected term of office has no legal right to represent anyone but himself. On the other hand, Ismael Haniyeh and his Hamas parliament, currently beginning the EIGHTH year of their FOUR-YEAR elected term of office also have no right to represent anyone but themselves. Democracy is not a snapshot in time, but a work continually in progress-- and the Palestinians have failed to progress towards democracy by any yardstick you care to use. Including Hamas in the Palestinian government is only going to guarantee that any negotiations will be futile. Read the Hamas Covenant and see why.

Deadline is five days. After that, nothing. Although the point is moot because Israel won't negotiate squat with a rejectionist terrorist entity. Once again, Abbas has painted himself into a corner.

Please read #23--What's the price? I'm a betting man.