Will Abbas take Blinken's bait?
Abdel Bari Atwan- US security plan aims at aborting a third, armed, intifada
US security plan aims at aborting a third, armed, intifada
The late Palestinian leader Yaser Arafat atoned for most of his sins, especially the Oslo Accords, by triggering the Second Intifada and choosing to die a martyr. Will his successor Mahmoud Abbas take the same route, completely abandon all security coordination with the Israeli occupation, and also die a martyr? Or will he swallow the bait offered him by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at their meeting in Ramallah, employ his security forces to abort a third armed Palestinian intifada, and die a traitor?
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