More reaction to Mahmoud Abbas’s speech at the UN. Hamas has rejected any possibility that the “right of return” could be ignored. Israel, on the other hand, welcomed the speech, although Prime Minster Netanyahu has yet to comment on it.
A video showing war crimes being committed by Syrian opposition forces has dramatically sharpened the need to somehow organize the opposition before it loses legitimacy. The tension between the secularists within the opposition and the religious extremists has grown and it is clearly compromising the effectiveness of the rebels. Additionally, the powers who wish to enforce a cease-fire in Syria are becoming increasingly worried that they have virtually no leverage over the infighting within the opposition.
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