[ 09/10/2009 - 05:02 PM ]
RAMALLAH, (PIC) Dr. Abdel-Sattar Qasem, professor of Political science at the Najah University in Nablus said on Thursday that Mahmoud Abbas will not resign his post despite popular Palestinian calls for his resignation.
Qasem said in an article published on al-Jazeera net that Abbas will not resign, because those who resign are those who gain their posts deservingly, but those who receive foreign aid or are made from outside the ranks of the people do not resign, those people are sacked of killed by those who put them in the post, but do not possess the freedom to resign.
"I estimate that Israel and the US are sorry for the chorus of disapproval against Abbas and they definitely are thinking of ways to repair the fault. Thus I think something will be done to restore Abbas's credibility to at least a section of the Palestinian people," Qasem said, adding that he expected a scenario such as Abbas making a strong statement in support of resistance and Netanyahu banning Abbas from travel for a couple of weeks.
Qasem also said that Abbas and Fayyad have given free hand to Zionists and Western aggressors to do whatever they like in the West Bank and ignored the Palestinian people in return for money and false promises. They have turned the Palestinian rights into salaries, cars and a luxurious life style. During their reign a Palestinian security unit, lead by an Israeli occupation army officer, killed resistance fighter Abdel-Majid Dodeen in al-Khalil.
Netanyahu Mulling Gestures to Bolster Abbas
"09/10/2009 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering goodwill gestures that would bolster the Palestinian Authority, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported. The efforts represent an effort to help PA President Mahmoud Abbas, who suffered harsh criticism following a Palestinian decision not to press for the UN Human Rights Council's adoption of the Goldstone report on last winter's Israeli Gaza aggression.
Netanyahu is considering announcing a goodwill package during his meeting Friday with the special U.S. envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell. A senior political source in Tel Aviv said Thursday that during the meeting of the "forum of seven" senior ministers, a number of ideas were raised on goodwill gestures that would boost Abbas.
The Prime Minister's Bureau did not deny the existence of such proposals and noted that "some ideas are in place, but there has been no decision on the matter."......."
"Sometimes I fail to understand the Angry Arab. Being a political scientist as he is, and despite the vast amounts of papers and books he reads, he however utterly fails to understand Hamas (in my opinion), and very happily makes harsh comments on them when he is lacking half of the picture at least.
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