What the hell is 'self-definition??' And 'respect?' Really? Do the PLO murderers who slaughtered the Israeli Olympic athletes deserve respect? Do the terrorists who regularly attack Israelis with knives, rocks, cars, payloaders, and explosives deserve our respect? Abbas facilitated the Munich slaughter.

Mr. President, these types do NOT deserve respect. The murderers may 'self-define' themselves as anything they wish, but the rest of the world will know them as the blood-lusting jihadist psychopaths that they are.

Abbas is a waste of time, he's either incapable or unwilling to tell his people to end the violence against Israelis. Until an Arab leader has the that strength, nothing will ever change. And maybe that is exactly what Abbas wants.