Palestinian "Moderate" Leaders A sober look at words vs. deeds. February 8, 2016 Ari Lieberman When Barack Obama or his shills at the State Department aren't busy apologizing to the Muslim world for America's imagined misdeeds or thanking the Iranians for kidnapping our sailors, they're usually excoriating Israel for "creating obstacles to peace" while the other side - the so-called Palestinians - generally escape criticism.