Mahmoud Abbas puts foot into mouth, bites down very hard.
Abbas Vows No Retreat from Arafat Refugee Demand
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian presidential favorite Mahmoud Abbas vowed on Tuesday never to give up the late Yasser Arafat's bedrock peace demand that Israel recognize the Palestinian refugees' "right of return."
It always helps to insist on impossible demands before negotiation begins. It puts the peace talks into a proper frame of fantasy.