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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 07 > Abbas’ decision reflects deep Palestinian angst

Abbas’ decision reflects deep Palestinian angst

Palestinian Authority president has said he doesn’t want to run for re-election

By Steven Gutkin / The Bulletin
November 7, 2009

JERUSALEM — By saying he wants to step down as president, Mahmoud Abbas has highlighted a deep Palestinian despair rooted in decades of failed peace initiatives and fruitless violence.

Neither strategy has yielded a Palestinian state, and Israeli settlements still encroach on lands that would....

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