P F Tinmore
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Can you prove any of that or are you just talking out your ass?Nah that's a load of baloney since Hamas doesn't recognize any entity. So why doesn't Hamas hold elections, you gave us a load of gibberish trying to make barbaric terrorists look like they respect law and order.Elections are to be called by the President. Abbas left the government in June of 2007.Is that why the Hamas terrorists have refused to hold elections?Even the Palestinians want him to go away.What can we expect from the decedents of the Nazi Mufti?Palestinians are encouraged to commit violence because of Abbas' silence.
An escalation in violence in the West Bank, a stabbing attack in Netanya and a shooting attack on route 60 is a nightmare scenario for the security establishment.
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Mahmoud Abbas. (photo credit:REUTERS)
After weeks of relative quiet, signs foreshadowing the escalation of violence in Israel were raised following the fortification of the al-Aska Mosque by a number of Palestinian youth earlier this week.
Alarmed by the event, the defense establishment immediately recommended the temporary closure of the Temple Mount to both Muslims and Jews.
At first, political leaders expressed surprise as to why Jews should pay a price... after all, it was Palestinians who were disrupting the fragile "status quo" presiding over the contentious holy site.
Analysis: Palestinians see consent in Abbas' silence
Without US/Israeli support he would have been gone long ago.
Their constitution says that when a president resigns the speaker of parliament temporarily assumes the office of the president and calls elections within 60 days. Following the constitution, that Hamas favors, the whole election problem would be solved.
However, with money, weapons, and political cover from the US, Abbas will not allow constitutional procedures to move forward.