To the editor:

Not only would "Palestinian Arabs escalate terrorism and rioting; six die" be a far more appropriate headline than "Israeli Soldiers Kill 6 Palestinians in Gaza as West Bank Unrest Grows," but Jodi Rudoren misled readers by only reporting what Mahmoud Abbas was saying out of one side of his mouth. On the other side, he's been inciting violence, glorifying terrorists and encouraging terrorism while scrupulously running away from the so-called "peace process."

His calls for Arabs to prevent Jews from desecrating what he denies is the Temple Mount with their "filthy feet" is hardly consistent with preaching "nonviolence."

Of course, Abbas was the longtime co-conspirator with Yasser Arafat, the godfather of modern terrorism, and it's hard to teach an old terrorist new tricks.

Sincerely,

Alan Stein