[ Chicago Sun-Times] Steve Huntley - Why did PA leader Mahmoud Abbas, described as a moderate and said to be committed to peace with Israel, join in the unseemly celebration of child murderer Samir Kuntar by announcing his congratulations to Kuntar's family? Abbas' gesture of goodwill to Kuntar only reinforces the paranoid culture of hate in Palestinian society and undercuts his responsibility to tone down official expressions of hate. Abbas must prepare his people in mind and spirit for peace with the Israelis if negotiations are to succeed in producing a lasting resolution to the conflict.
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