(Times of Israel) Avi Issacharoff - Sunday's address by PA President Mahmoud Abbas to the PLO Central Council sounded like the farewell of a leader at the end of his political path. "This may be the last time that you see me here," Abbas said in Ramallah. The banner that Abbas waved time after time - establishing a State of Palestine along the 1967 lines - became an idea disconnected from reality. Abbas blamed the entire world for the situation of the Palestinians, from the U.S., to Israel, Hamas, and even the Europeans, for their role in sending the Jews to Israel. "Israel is a colonialist project, which has nothing to do with the Jews," he charged. Looking at the faces of those participating in the PLO conference, it is clear how the PLO and Fatah have refused to reform. The leaders today are much the same ones who led the PLO in the 1980s in Lebanon and the West Bank. Over the last few years, Abbas has made sure that he has no heir, nor even a clear official process for choosing a successor.
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