Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is banking on a Mideast solution from the White House, and not a fresh wave of violence against the Jewish state, to get the peace process on the road again. More:

“The Palestinian people will not launch a new intifada against Israel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday night, referring to concerns that long-stalled negotiations and rising tensions would pave the way to a new popular uprising in the Palestinian population.

‘We’ve suffered enough,’ he said of the path of armed struggle. ‘The Palestinian people are focused only on the path of peace, through negotiations.’

Speaking in Argentina after a meeting with President Cristina Fernandez, Abbas repeated his demand that Israel freeze all construction beyond the green line, including that which is intended for ‘natural growth.’

‘What we demand is in the road map,’ he said, referring to a US plan for peace in the Middle East. ‘This is what [US President] Barack Obama said when he visited Cairo.’”

Considering that one of the barriers to a Mideast peace process is the Palestinian Authority divide between West Bank rulers Fatah and Gaza rulers Hamas, though, there are few guarantees that new violence against Israel won’t erupt, if indeed Abbas is being candid about his intentions.

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