“It did everything possible to aggravate the moderate, peace-loving sector of the Palestinian leadership and created a situation where the extremists are encouraged, perhaps so that they can say later that there is no one to talk to.”

LMAO! There is no peace-loving sector of the Palestinian leadership! All that has been aimed at Israel is scorn and derision at best and outright violence and terrorism at worst. The Palestinian leadership doesn’t want peace, because it depends on having an enemy in order to remain in power.