The Palestinians and the Next Dilemma

I read with interest the opinion piece in Dar Al Hayat.

I agree with everything said with the exception of comments made at the end.
The author Maher Othman says ...

The blame in this embarrassing and risky situation lies primarily on the US administration as it is aligning with Israel regardless of its violations of the international resolutions and laws. It is also because President Bush accepts that the Israeli government adopts policies that lead to sever the links with the future viable Palestinian State territory according to his vision. The blame also lies on Israel itself, which strives relentlessly to undermine the cooling off drive Abbas has worked so hard to achieve. It had almost succeeded had the Israeli assassinations and arrests policy ceased.

I take issue with the line "It had almost succeeded had the Israeli assassinations and arrests policy ceased."
The policy did ceased, until Israel learned of more attacks against Israel. Since the PA would not do anything to stop them, Israel conducted these acts to protect herself.

Thereby, in my opinion, the PA bears responsibility for the resumption of the policies.