PA: Obama squishy on promises to pressure Israel; Tobin: Nobel committee not.

The Associated Press is reporting that an internal Palestinian Authority document laments that Palestinian hopes in President Obama have "evaporated" following what Palestinians say is the administration's back-tracking on promises to pressure Israel.

Of course, the article noted, that it was "not immediately clear whether the October 12 document reflected Abbas's own views or was intended to be leaked as Fatah's attempt to pressure US President Barack Obama to bear down harder on Israel." Hmm.

Meanwhile, Commentary's Jonathan Tobin wonders whether the President's recently announced Nobel Peace Prize isn't a "down payment" to put more pressure on the Jewish state.