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Rare criticisms are muted. A December 3 New York Times editorial headlined "Mr. Netanyahu's Strategic Mistake," saying:
He "dug in" his heels. He's "escalat(ing) a crisis." He's increasing settlement construction and withholding tax revenues collected for Palestine. He threatened more punitive measures.
He "ma(de) it nearly impossible to restart peace negotiations." He "threaten(s) to crush the Palestinian Authority, and its president, Mahmoud Abbas, who".represents the only credible peace negotiator."
Fact check
Palestinians have endured crisis conditions for over 64 years. Besieged Gazans are being suffocated. Decades of Israeli settlements are illegal.
Abbas has no legitimacy whatever. Israel rigged his election. His term expired in January 2009. He's still there. He's Israel's useful puppet. He helps enforce occupation harshness.
Hamas is Palestine's legitimate government. In January 2006, Palestinians overwhelmingly elected its candidates. Israel pressured Washington to declare it a terrorist organization.
Its political legitimacy is solid. Denying it doesn't wash. Times editors omitted these and other inconvenient facts.
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