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Another epiphany isn't likely. Perhaps enlightened children will make up for their parents' moral cowardice. "One can only hope," Pappe added.
He's saving compassion for when conflict resolution is nearer and Palestine is free and democratic. So far, it's nowhere in sight.
The same day the PA acknowledged the State of Palestine, hundreds of thousands celebrated Fatah's 48th anniversary. Officials in Gaza City's al-Saraya square estimated a nearly one million turnout.
Abbas didn't show up for the occasion. His recorded address substituted. "Soon we will achieve unity and end of the occupation," he said.
He's done nothing as PA president to further it. Rhetoric belies his agenda. Palestinians deserve much better.
His acknowledgement of statehood is in name only. Hamas is Palestine's legitimate government. Abbas represents coup d'etat authority. He and likeminded Fatah officials have no legitimacy whatever.
Abbas disingenuously claimed "Soon we will regain our unity." Palestinians waited over five and a half years. They're still waiting.
Abbas is a longtime Israeli collaborator. He sold out long ago. He profited immensely in the process. He accumulated enormous wealth. It's stashed offshore out of sight in tax havens.
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