As Abbas returns from US, critics say talks doomed to fail
Ma'an report quotes Al-Shabaka Director Nadia Hijab: "As Mahmoud Abbas left his meeting with US president Barack Obama today, did he reflect on the lessons of seeking peace without power?" -- as well as Policy Advisor Sam Bahour: "There is not an iota of symmetry between a military occupying power and a supposedly protected occupied people. When the US stops putting Israel's interests before its own and starts holding it accountable in proportion to the severity of its violations of international law, then maybe peace will have a chance."
