by Khaled Abu Toameh
• June 30, 2015 at 5:00 am
- It is no
secret that several senior Palestinian officials see themselves as
potential successors to Abbas. Like his predecessor, Yasser Arafat,
Abbas has stubbornly refused to share power with anyone. And like
Arafat, he continues to run the Palestinian Authority as if it were
his private fiefdom.
- In
Palestinian culture, it is more important if one graduates from an
Israeli prison than from the University of Texas in Austin. A
Palestinian who carries out an attack on Israel has more credentials
among his people than one who studied at Harvard or Oxford
universities.
- It took Salam
Fayyad too long to realize that no matter how many good things he
does for his people, in the end he will be judged on the basis of
his contribution to the fight against Israel, and not how much
humanitarian and financial aid he provides.
Former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam
Fayyad, pictured on January 25, 2013 at the World Economic Forum in
Davos, Switzerland. (Image source: World Economic Forum)
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In a surprise move, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has frozen the
bank account of a non-profit organization headed by former Prime Minister
Salam Fayyad.
The decision is seen in the context of PA President Mahmoud Abbas's
effort to undermine and discredit Fayyad. Abbas believes that Fayyad, who
resigned in 2013, is seeking to replace or succeed him as president.
Following his resignation, the US-educated Fayyad established a
Ramallah-based group called Future For Palestine. According to Fayyad,
the group's mission is to "enhance the resilience of Palestinian
citizens in their homeland, especially in marginalized and severely
impacted areas, by providing the basic development requirements."
Abbas and the Palestinian Authority leadership did not like the idea
from the beginning. Ever since Future For Palestine was established in
August 2013, they have been working toward undermining the group and its
founder, Fayyad.
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