Despite his assertions at the UN, Abbas has no political will to deliver
Ramona Wadi- Very belatedly, Abbas is acknowledging Israel's ongoing and systematic expansion over Palestinian land, yet his contradictory adherence to the two-state compromise stood out in his UN spe
If Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas was serious about holding the international community and Israel accountable for the ongoing colonisation of Palestine, his UN General Assembly speech would have been more definite. “Today, on behalf of the Palestinian people, to whom I am proud to belong, I tell you that our confidence in achieving a peace based on justice and international law is waning, due to the Israeli occupation policies,” he said. “Do you want to kill what remains of hope in our souls?”
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