Robert Wexler: “President Abbas deserves some credit... he said yes, but then he said, as a visitor.”

I would make it clear that America essentially has two red lines in terms particularly as it relates to this issue, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

What we need to do, in my humble view, in terms of succession of President Abbas, is make sure that those Palestinian leaders who adhere to a policy of nonviolence, that adhere to a belief in a negotiated two-state outcome, we need to give…

Palestinians and their leadership have defrauded their own people for decades, for generations.

He is right, and the U.N. needs to reflect the fact that countries in the world need to stop delegitimizing Israel and they need to recognize Israel's right to exist.