Abbas politik full av motsägelser

Khaled Abu Toameh skriver om hur de sju åren som gått sedan Mahmoud Abbas efterträdde Yasser Arafat har präglats av motsägelser och dubbla budskap från Abbas sida.
Det är osannolikt att Abbas och Fatah skulle få majoritetens stöd ifall val ordnas på de palestinska områdena efter fyra månader som det utlovats, skriver han.

The many contradictions of Mahmoud Abbas (Khaled Abu Toameh, Jerusalem Post)

"Seven years have passed since Mahmoud Abbas was elected to succeed Yasser Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority, and many Palestinians appear to be as confused as ever regarding their leader’s true intentions. 

Abbas ran in the January 2005 presidential election for a four-year term on a platform that promised massive reforms and changes both in the PA and the ruling Fatah faction, which he also heads.But a year later, when most Palestinians realized that Abbas was not serious about ending corruption and reforming the PA and Fatah, they voted in favor of Hamas in a parliamentary election..."