Dear Palestinian Authority: I don't think "negotiate" means what you think it means, Part II

In July of 2013, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry achieved what no one thought was possible: In exchange for Israel's promise to release over 100 Palestinian murderers from jail, he persuaded Palestinian Authority President Abbas to resume negotiations with Israel.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israel-to-free-104-palestinian-prisoners/2013/07/28/390ad8d2-f7a3-11e2-a954-358d90d5d72d_story.html

But what did that mean? The Oxford online dictionary defines "negotiate" as "to try to reach an agreement or compromise."  The legal dictionary at the online thefreedictionary.com defines it as a "give-and-take discussion."  USLegal.com defines it as a "communication process between individuals that is intended to reach a compromise."  And what does "compromise" mean?  Fairly basic.  Compromise means "a settlement of differences in which each side makes concessions."   (See, http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/negotiate, http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/negotiation,  http://definitions.uslegal.com/n/negotiation/   http://www.thefreedictionary.com/compromise.)

The disagreement over issues between Israel and the PA is clear and well-known.  From the outset, the premise of "negotiations" has been that, in an attempt to reach a compromise, each side will make concessions, that is to say, give up something that it did not want to give up, in order to reach a common end goal: conflict resolution.

But as I've noted previously, throughout this process, Abbas has repeatedly stated that he does not intend to make any concessions.  http://mirasmicrophone.blogspot.com/2013/11/dear-palestinian-authority-i-dont-think.html.  What, then, did he think the point of these negotiations were?

Abbas has now reportedly told Obama that he will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state, that he will never abandon the so-called right of return, and that he will not even commit to ending the conflict.  http://www.timesofisrael.com/tv-report-abbas-said-no-to-obama-on-3-core-peace-issues/, http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4224/abbas-obama-no.  This is not a negotiation, it is merely a staged show.  Abbas should be declared to be in breach of his promise to negotiate, and Israel should keep the final group of murderers where they belong -- in prison.