Most Useless Statement of the Day

According to Reuters, Nabil Abu Rdainah, a senior aide to Arafat, said Shalom’s “threat…will harm efforts to revive peace.” Truthfully, I have in general little sympathy for either side, and I believe both sides are generally unwilling to take responsibility for their own actions and the consequences that they bring (i.e. settlements and movement restrictions on Palestinians, sucidie bombings, rock-throwing, and other attacks on Israelis by Palestinians). Yet I have to admit that Abbas actually appears as though he was a leader who “got it” and who had the potential, from the Palestinian side, to bring about a real change. In fact, his resignation at his inability to accomplish anything meaningful due to Arafar only reinforces this perception. Truth be told, if I felt that Israeli expelling him would accomplish any good, I would be all for it. In the meantime, the best anyone could hope for is he is “removed” due to “natural causes.”