The message the Palestinian leadership is sending to its people is: A Palestinian convicted of financial corruption is nowhere near as worthy of public office as one who murders Jews and masterminds terrorist attacks.
In Washington, Abbas signaled he would abandon the strategy he pursued in recent years seeking unilateral statehood recognition on the international stage.
Giving a platform to a Palestinian prisoner and terrorist leader convicted of multiple murders was ‘a choice by the editors…a choice by the newspaper.’
Two-thirds of Palestinians wish Abbas would resign, but his contenders are also weak, afraid to state opposition while he’s in power and locked in fierce competition with each other.