Opening up to erstwhile "hostile" nations like Iran and Syria is more likely a tactical maneuvering than a strategic shift by Abbas, meant to send the message that all Abbas' options are open.
However his strategic option would undeniably be to honor his previous repeated threats of resignation, to leave the Israeli Occupation Forces to fend for themselves face to face with the Palestinian people whose status quo is no more sustainable.
Speaking in Munich , Germany , Kerry on this February 1 conveyed the message bluntly: "Today's status quo, absolutely to a certainty, I promise you 100 percent, cannot be maintained," Kerry said of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "It is not sustainable." Last November, Kerry warned that Israel would face a Palestinian "third Intifada" if his sponsored talks see no breakthrough.
The loss of Abbas by resignation or by nature would for sure end Kerry's peace mission and make his warning come true.
* Nicola Nasser is a veteran Arab journalist based in Bir Zeit, West Bank of the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. Email address removed
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