It’s been four days since the kidnapping of three Israeli youths by Palestinian terrorists. Israel understandably is engaged in a massive search operation. Its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, declares that the kidnapping was the work of Hamas. But he also holds Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority responsible, arguing that the kidnappers came from West Bank areas under the PA’s control. As for Abbas, he tends to play a double game. On the one hand, he condemns the kidnapping. But on the other hand, he aims his harshest criticism at Israel’s search operations for disturbing the peace of Palestinians in areas combed by the Israeli military. For its part, the New York Times wades in with a dispatch by Jerusalem bureau chief Jodi Rudoren that puts the blame on Israel for harming relations with the Palestinians. Never mind that Palestinian terrorists who abducted the Israeli teens are the obvious culpable party. Rudoren manages to blame...(Read Full Post)