http://enduringamerica.com/2009/11/13/palestine-abbass-clear-bluff-election-postponed-because-of-hamas/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:21:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://enduringamerica.com/2009/11/13/palestine-abbass-clear-bluff-election-postponed-because-of-hamas/comment-page-1/#comment-13854 Ali Yenidunya Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:53:11 +0000 http://enduringamerica.com/?p=21316#comment-13854 Yes, it would be. That is the broader aspect of calling Abbas's decision in the beginning as a bluff when it is considered that this picture would never be approved by Washington. So, in other words, we can understand Washington's call on Abbas to run for re-election as a warning not to do a "mistake" rather than a "friendly advice." Yes, it would be. That is the broader aspect of calling Abbas’s decision in the beginning as a bluff when it is considered that this picture would never be approved by Washington. So, in other words, we can understand Washington’s call on Abbas to run for re-election as a warning not to do a “mistake” rather than a “friendly advice.”

]]> http://enduringamerica.com/2009/11/13/palestine-abbass-clear-bluff-election-postponed-because-of-hamas/comment-page-1/#comment-13820 Amy Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:17:48 +0000 http://enduringamerica.com/?p=21316#comment-13820 Plus wouldn't it pretty well be a nail in the coffin for any hope of P/I negotiations? Plus wouldn’t it pretty well be a nail in the coffin for any hope of P/I negotiations?

]]> http://enduringamerica.com/2009/11/13/palestine-abbass-clear-bluff-election-postponed-because-of-hamas/comment-page-1/#comment-13804 Ali Yenidunya Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:17:39 +0000 http://enduringamerica.com/?p=21316#comment-13804 Even if it was declared that elections would be held merely in the West Bank, it would be the beginning of a new turmoil! Neither Abbas nor Washington would like to deal with a Hamas seen as "fighting for the rights of Palestinians" by the majority of the population! Even if it was declared that elections would be held merely in the West Bank, it would be the beginning of a new turmoil! Neither Abbas nor Washington would like to deal with a Hamas seen as “fighting for the rights of Palestinians” by the majority of the population!

]]> http://enduringamerica.com/2009/11/13/palestine-abbass-clear-bluff-election-postponed-because-of-hamas/comment-page-1/#comment-13792 mahasti Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:52:18 +0000 http://enduringamerica.com/?p=21316#comment-13792 But if elections were to be held without Gaza, the West Bank alone would end up with a president and not the Palestinians. Isn't that right? But if elections were to be held without Gaza, the West Bank alone would end up with a president and not the Palestinians. Isn’t that right?

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