And just to jog your memory how did he react to the most recent suicide bombing in Israel? Glad you asked. According to Ha'aretz this is the answer:

Abbas condemns attack
Abbas "expressed his anger over the attack," and condemned it as detrimental to Palestinian interests, his office said in a statement.

"President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the suicide bombing in Hadera," the statement said. "It harms Palestinian interests and could widen the cycle of violence, chaos, extremism and bloodshed."

"It is not permitted for anyone to take the law into their hands," the statement continued.

Can you say "pro forma?"

Saeb Erekat doesn't do much better:

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat also denounced the bombing.

"We condemn this attack in Hadera, as we've always condemned suicide attacks on Israeli civilians," Erekat said. "We hope that we will not allow this attack or any attack to undermine the cessation of violence between the two sides. At the end of the day, violence breeds more violence and we don't want to go back to this vicious cycle."

Even Erekat can't do better that declare in a non-sequitir that the terror shouldn't "undermine the cessation of violence." Come again?

When I was looking this up, I discovered through Jerusalem Newswire that IMRA had made a similar observation.

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Crossposted on Israpundit and Soccer Dad.