Mahmoud Abbas Threatens to Step Down in Light of Ongoing Israeli Colonization of West Bank

(Blog Post) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he wants to stand down and he declines to run in the upcoming Palestine Authority elections. The decision came in the wake of the US failure to convince the Israelis to halt colonization of the West Bank and Arab East Jerusalem. It also followed a series of embarrassing flip-flops by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who praised hard line right wing PM Netanyahu for his efforts in favor of the peace ... Full Story »

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Patrick McGuire
4.3
by Patrick McGuire - Nov. 8, 2009

This is quite an in depth piece about the situation in the on going peace process. It is well sourced from the Arab side but lacking in the Israeli side. For example, does Netanyahu speak for all Israelis?

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