Who wants to bet $1.00 that Mahmoud "where's my welfare check" Abbas will be back within weeks begging for kuffar welfare dollars?
My opinion is that like many dictators, Mahmoud has a loyal circle that props him up as long as they are reaping rewards. Stop the cash flow and that inner circle will become the stuff that makes dictators the ''no longer breathing'' kind of dictator.
It was a speech intended to define a new era. In a final, do-or-die attempt to block what appeared to be Israeli plans for a permanent land grab, the Palestinian president announced he would renege on decades of diplomacy.
From the 1990s-era Oslo accords – the first steps of a peace process – to deep security coordination between the Palestinian leadership, Israel and US intelligence agencies, all were now void, Mahmoud Abbas said in a late-night speech last week. He said the Palestinian leadership was “absolved, as of today, of all the agreements and understandings with the American and Israeli governments”.
Almost a week later, it appears Abbas may have been bluffing. He has made similar threats multiple times before and, apart from sightings of Palestinian security forces retreating from some areas they patrol in coordination with Israeli forces, there was little sign on the ground that life had changed.
My opinion is that like many dictators, Mahmoud has a loyal circle that props him up as long as they are reaping rewards. Stop the cash flow and that inner circle will become the stuff that makes dictators the ''no longer breathing'' kind of dictator.
Palestine cuts off all ties with Israel and US: is it a bluff?
Mahmoud Abbas says all agreements with US and Israel are void but others call move a cry for help
www.theguardian.com
It was a speech intended to define a new era. In a final, do-or-die attempt to block what appeared to be Israeli plans for a permanent land grab, the Palestinian president announced he would renege on decades of diplomacy.
From the 1990s-era Oslo accords – the first steps of a peace process – to deep security coordination between the Palestinian leadership, Israel and US intelligence agencies, all were now void, Mahmoud Abbas said in a late-night speech last week. He said the Palestinian leadership was “absolved, as of today, of all the agreements and understandings with the American and Israeli governments”.
Almost a week later, it appears Abbas may have been bluffing. He has made similar threats multiple times before and, apart from sightings of Palestinian security forces retreating from some areas they patrol in coordination with Israeli forces, there was little sign on the ground that life had changed.