Misreading Abu Mazen

In today's New York Times, Jerusalem correspondent Steven Erlanger has an analysis that once again seeks to perpetuate the myth that Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen is a 'moderate,' and that his Fatah movement's ultimate goal is different from Hamas'. Erlanger accuses Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of giving Hamas a veto over the 'peace process,' by refusing to meet with Abu Mazen until kidnapped