Reported here.

As much as people are going to complain that Israel is not even giving Abbas a chance, after some rethinking over the past few days, I am going to have to side with Sharon on this. The Palestinian Authority simply cannot act against the militants because they do not have the capabilities to do so. Sharon is actually making a clear-cut distinction here between the terrorists and the Palestinians.

The huge division between the Palestinian Authority, organizations like Hamas an Islamic Jihad, and the people is so great that the hyperplurality of it won’t permit the necessary conditions for peace talks. Israel, on the other hand, is unified in its ability to pull out of Gaza, go after the terrorists, and negotiate. So it should do so. It seems as if the only action by Israel will create the conditions for peace, as the Palestinions simply cannot mobilize a stable effort.