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Mahmoud Abbas: ‘long live the (dead) peace process’
The President of the Palestinian National Authority is prioritising a return to US patronage and funding for supporting bogus 'peace deals' over political unity between Fatah and Hamas, warns RAMZY BAROUD

NO ONE seemed as excited about the election of Joe Biden as Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. When all hope seemed lost, where Abbas found himself desperate for political validation and funds, Biden arrived like a conquering knight on a white horse and swept the Palestinian leader away to safety.

Abbas was one of the first world leaders to congratulate the President-elect on his victory. While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed his congratulatory statement in the hope that Donald Trump would eventually be able to reverse the results, Abbas suffered no such illusions.

Considering the humiliation that the Palestinian Authority experienced at the hands of the Trump Administration, Abbas had nothing to lose. For him, Biden, despite his long love affair with Israel, still represented a ray of hope.

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