Published: 21 February 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Is Abbas the key to Israeli annexation of West Bank lands? (Al-Monitor)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had expected more widespread, angry protests than eventually took place on the streets of Ramallah, Jenin, Nablus and Hebron following the Jan. 28 unveiling of the US plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace. He was hoping that such demonstrations would boost support for his leadership even as the dream of the Palestinian state he had promised his people faded away.
The plan presented by President Donald Trump represents a personal blow for Abbas. Since being elected president of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in 2005, Abbas has been promising Palestinians that peaceful methods would lead to a state, unlike the sometimes-violent tactics advocated by his predecessor, Yasser Arafat. Despite Abbas' efforts, for the past 15 years, he has endured constant blows, with none of his promises to the Palestinians being realized.
Why Palestinians failed at the Security Council (Al-Monitor)
The Palestinians' push for a near-unanimous UN Security Council resolution opposing the Trump plan ran into a number of unexpected roadblocks.
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Israel planning Jewish neighbourhood on land trump slated for Palestinians (Haaretz)
Fifteen Palestinian families currently live in area near East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Kafr Aqab
Photo: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Feb 11 (Seth Wenig/AP)
