Abbas’ Fatah (secular) is the mortal enemy of Hamas (Islamist), so only by infiltration of Fatah could Hamas gain access to training, equipment and funds provided to Fatah by the US.
Yes, Abbas’ refusal to admit in public Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state is a block to sincere negotiation.
But Abbas would be assassinated if he were to make such an admission without adequately trained and numerous police forces to prevent it (prevent Hamas backed insurrection), which is what Dayton's training is supposed to provide.
Obama’s foolish emboldening of Pan-Arab intransigence by promising to “force” Israel to abandon settlements without security quarantees has thrown out the deal that Bush/Condi had worked out 98% with Olmert and Abbas.
That deal was put on hold late last year pending the US and Israeli elections. Obama’s election emboldened (hardened) the Arab/Abbas side of the deal and Netanyahu's election emboldened (hardened) the Israeli side of the deal.
Obama thought he could enlist Arab support to put harder sanctions on Iran if he could strong-arm Israel into surrendering the West Bank and East Jerusalem, but that is out the window. Al Qaeda is not a big player in Gaza or the West Bank. Abbas is backed by the Arabs funded by the Saudis and Hamas is backed by Syria funded by Iran. Abbas is a secular nationalist interested only in the Temple Mount in East Jerusalem while Al Qaeda wants not just Jerusalem and the rest of Israel, but to throw the Saudi Royals out of Mecca and Medina as well.
going to put this in my folder for future reference.
You think Obama means no harm to Israel?
thank you for the information.