Supporting the Palestinian leadership, directly or indirectly, passively or actively [of Gaza] is supporting terrorism.
I'm just wondering how much emphasis Israel places on REWARDING honest efforts towards peace.. It's uncharacteristically stupid to be annexing acres of West Bank land at this date. Instead -- Israel ought to give the PAuthority limited access to the Knesset, start joint law enforcement activities, extend internal trade zones and work on propping up the PA.
The goal is to achieve a partnership with mutual respect. And if Gaza needs to remain "contained" during that process -- that's just too damn bad for them. The PA is the best chance for peace that Israel has -- and statements like the ones from Abbas are to be admired.
Thing is, cooperation between Israel and Abbas can be sold to those hapless Palestinian "refugees" (by Hamas) as capitulation. What we have here is an opportunity for Abbas to negotiate a smaller chunk of land which could make him appear the hero. A win-win.
Let them call it whatever they want. If Abbas gets to set up a true Pali nation in the West Bank with economic and political ties to the rest of the civilized world --- the Gazans are gonna look like mental midgets with fireworks and Jihadi chants. Israel should VALIDATE the PA as a true negotiating partner and give it their best shots at the "hearts and minds" of folks who want sovereignty and peace. If it ends in another intifada -- we're all done with the issues..
Not quite sure what Tzipi meant when she referred to "closing doors to all the other options".. But I suspect she IS concentrating on the PA and the WB. Israel can't be stopped by Arab political division.. Israel needs to STRENGTHEN the hands that want to negotiate. So that if the WB Palis SUCCEED in flying a flag over their own Parliament -- that it can withstand the inter-Arab conflict that is sure to result..
Here's what I believe --- The threat of inter-Arab turmoil in the region is VERY apparent at the moment. A new young Pali nation would be a mere SNACK for ISIS or the Muslim Brotherhood. And that Pali nation couldn't do better than to ally with Israel for defense and border security.
For that REASON -- Hamas and want IT wants is irrelevent.
And Israel can't play "Charlie Brown and the football" (i can explain if you need it

) like they did in Gaza. Delivering land to one Moderate political entity and finding out months later, that the new mgt is flying a terrorist flag. Can't happen again. More attention needs to be paid to JOINT SECURITY. Because secure borders are very important this year --- EVERYWHERE around the world..