I was amused to see this ...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070618/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians Abbas does not seem to grasp that, simply because America prefers Fatah to Hamas, it does not mean that we are going to support Fatah against Israel.
Once again, the Palestinians fail a crucial cultural evolutionary test, setting their path firmly on the road to cultural extinction.