"If Mahmoud Abbas does not have the power or courage to allow an Israel-based clothing shop to open a branch near his residence in Ramallah, how will he ever be able to make peace with Israel?"

"What Kerry and the U.S. Administration need to understand is that Abbas has failed to prepare his people for the possibility of peace with Israel. Abbas may be conducting peace talks with Israel, but at the same time he is also backing campaigns that promote boycotts and hatred of Israel. It is important to talk peace. But it is even more important to educate people about peace -- something that neither Yasser Arafat nor his successor Abbas has done for the past two decades."

Ramallah vs. the "Peace Process"