Palestinian leaders weak – and increasingly desperate | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/23/palestine-papers-power-weakness-negotiations
Having listened to Sharon berate him for failing to crack down on the “terrorist infrastructure” of Hamas and Islamic jihad, Abbas was recorded as noting “with pleasure the fact that Sharon considered him a friend, and the fact that he too considered Sharon a friend”, adding that “every bullet that is aimed in the direction of Israel is a bullet aimed at the Palestinians as well”.