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

Informed Comment by Juan Cole | Nov. 6, 2009 (News Analysis)

(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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Topics: Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Foreign Policy
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Posted by: via Informed Comment - Nov 6, 2009 - 12:40 AM PST
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), James Canning (review), Chris Finnie (review), Patrick McGuire (review)
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 by Chris Finnie - Nov. 6, 2009

Cole is one of the foremost experts on the Middle East. This is far from being one of his best pieces. But it does an adequate job of explaining the current impasse.

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 by Derek Hawkins - Nov. 6, 2009
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 by James Canning - Nov. 6, 2009

Obama and Clinton need to read this piece carefully. Israel's insane effort to continue to steal Palestinian land and water, etc., is putting vital national interests of the US into jeopardy.

Juan Cole is always worth reading. If Israel is so chaotic in its governming structure so as to be unable to act in its own interest, Obama needs ... More »

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 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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    New York Times by Ethan Bronner, Mark Landler | Nov. 6, 2009 (News Report)
    The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, warned on Thursday that he would not seek re-election, the latest sign that the Obama administration’s drive to broker a Middle ...
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