Well, in the spirit of Christmas, let’s look at a Scrooge in the Holy Land, shall me?

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said he sent several letters to the Israelis seeking coordination on Jerusalem balloting, but hasn’t received any response.
“If the Israelis will not allow us to do elections in east Jerusalem … it means the Israelis will sabotage the elections,” Erekat said. “I know what the Israelis have on their minds. They don’t want a partner. They want unilateralism.”

Oh, those mean and nasty Jews, keeping the Palestinians from freedom and emocracy and their legal rights to vote and…
Wait. Under the Oslo Accords that set up the Palestinian Authority, voting and campaigning within Jerusalem (East, West, or Eternally Indivisible) in Palestinian Elections is strictly prohibited.
For someone that screams violations of International Law like Matt Damn screaming “Ben! Ben! Ben!” in the Honeymoon Suite, he sure doesn’t know much about it or the documents he’s signed.
This would be about as insane as the United States allowing Mexican Consulates to act as polling stations for illegal aliens, and then telling all law enforcement agencies that it’s more important to respect Mexican sovereignty to allow free passage to the polling places by law-breaking illegal aliens than, say, their inherent disrespect for our sovereignty by being here undocumented in the first place.
Let’s look at it from anoter perspective, shall we? You see, I live in Houston. And I’m somewhat of an Astros fan. I lived through the Scott Boras/Carlos Beltran foot-dragging bait-and-switch saga last year, with Beltran ultimately languishing at the Mets for an extra million or so while the crowd booed him into an early exit in September.
Hope it was worth it, Carlos. Willy T.’s doing great down here. Second-place Rookie Of The Year in the patch of grass you abandoned for the Transit Center Strike City. Thanks for asking.
It’s kinda sad that Saeb Erekat is wasting him time for a losing terrorist cause. So much talent at deception and propaganda and demonizing of the opposition instead of sitting down and actually working out differences while representing his clients, he’d have made one hell of a sports talent agent.