Nothing like trying to give away the store and finding no takers:

The documents also paint an unedifying picture of [PLO leaders] Abbas and Erekat suffering systematic humiliation in a negotiating process they insist represents the Palestinians’ only hope for progress — and of the Israelis being unimpressed no matter how willing the Palestinian negotiators are to concede rights they enjoy under international law. [links added]

Not that we weren’t warned long before this.

In other news, Israel has exonerated itself for its deadly attack on the Mavi Marmara, an investigation has revealed that Pope Benedict XVI is of the Catholic faith, and a grizzly relieved itself somewhere in Canada’s pristine forests.