Israel can engage with Mahmoud Abbas despite Holocaust revisionism - opinion
Abbas may parrot antisemitic myths and deliberately trivialize the Holocaust, but realpolitik dictates that Israel’s government engage with him if it furthers our national and security goals.
BARACK OBAMA is flanked by Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas at the White House, 2010. Prime ministers, including Netanyahu, negotiated with the Palestinian leader when they thought it was in Israel’s interest to do so, says the writer. (photo credit: JASON REED/REUTERS)ByMARK REGEV