For Abbas, there's always "next year"

Palestine Press reports that Mahmoud Abbas said in a speech that he hopes that 2014 will be the year of Palestinian independence.

Sound familiar?

Abbas says 2013 will be year of Palestinian independence

(2010) Abbas expresses hope for Palestinian state by next year

(2007) "We pray next year will be the year of independence for the Palestinian people," Abbas continued.

(2006) President Mahmoud Abbas wished Saturday that the next year will be a year of stability and peace for the entire world and the year of establishing the Palestinian state with Jerusalem as a capital.

Maybe next year will be the year that Abbas actually makes concessions that could allow peace.

Oh, that's right - he signed a law to make that impossible.