Lost in Translation
Reuters correspondent Tom Perry has in recent days, written a number of stories apologizing for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as the latter continues to reject direct peace talks with Israel. While Perry has divined for us what Abbas fears and believes (“Abbas is wary of negotiating directly with an Israeli leader he believes unwilling to settle the Middle East conflict on terms acceptable to the Palestinians”), Perry has consistently failed to inform readers that Abbas summarily rejected former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s capitulatory settlement offer in 2008. cont’d