Saeb Erekat’s still peddling the PLO as a negotiating partner in place of the Palestinian Authority. To their credit, the NY Times doesn’t buy the argument:
He added that Mr. Abbas, as the legal representative of the Palestinians as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, “recognizes Israel, and that’s what really matters.”…
It is one thing for Israel to begin talks with Mr. Abbas while it is boycotting the unity government he helped to negotiate. But it is another for Israel to make meaningful progress toward concluding such negotiations and reaching a peace deal with a government that refuses to recognize it or renounce violence against it.
Here’s why Eerekat’s wrong.
