There are no 'Palestinians'

On Tuesday, I Fisked an article by Robert Malley and Aaron Miller in which they asserted that 'moderate' 'Palestinian President' Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen would not be satisfied with being the 'President' of the 'West Bank' and would also want to be the 'President' of Gaza. My comments were based on the premise that Malley and Miller assume that there is a distinct, 'Palestinian' nation and that