* See the Opinion Journal, where Khaled Abu Toameh discusses the state of the PA:
Neither the president nor the prime minister openly called for an end to terrorism or for recognizing Israel’s right to exist. And to add to the confusion, the two men came up with a political program that contains many contradictions and ambiguities.
The wording of the program was drafted in such a way as to allow both Hamas and Fatah to argue that neither party had totally abandoned its traditional position. The equivocal tone is also designed to appease the Americans and Europeans. After all, the main goal of the new coalition is to get the international community to resume desperately needed financial aid.
* Pajamas Media‘s Allison Kaplan Sommer contemplates the likelihood of another Mideast war this spring.
