Mahmoud Abbas is no Yasser Arafat. He must go.
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Mahmoud Abbas is no Yasser Arafat. He must go.
By Stuart Littlewood
I’ve been writing about the plight of the amiable Palestinian people under Israel’s jackboot for the same length of time that Mahmoud Abbas has been Palestinian president. And that’s far too long. Abbas has also been chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO, which describes itself as the sole representative of the Palestinian people) for even longer.
A recent poll by the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research showed that the Palestinians have had enough. Two-thirds want Abbas out.
A majority are also dissatisfied with the decision at Fatah’s latest convention to keep Abbas as head of Fatah for another five years. The poll found that most view the Palestinian Authority (PA), which is al...