Benjamin Netanyahu (left) is under pressure from Barack Obama to compromise on settlements as he heads into talks on Tuesday with Mahmoud Abbas (right) Photo: REUTERS Who's Bluffing: Abbas Or Netanyahu? -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
The conventional wisdom about Mahmoud Abbas and Binyamin Netanyahu as they head into the second round of Mideast peace talks this week goes something like this: Abbas is a moderate who genuinely wants a two-state settlement but may be too weak politically to deliver. Netanyahu is a hawk who holds a commanding political position in Israel but doesn't really accept Palestinian statehood.
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