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Abbas, Under Domestic Pressure, Organizes Rallies of Support
[Jerusalem Post] Khaled Abu Toameh - In response to a fierce protest campaign against Mahmoud Abbas over his decision not to press Israel over the Goldstone report on Gaza, the PA has begun organizing demonstrations in support of Abbas in different parts of the West Bank. PA civil servants and schoolchildren have been ordered to take to the streets and demonstrate in favor of Abbas, eyewitnesses said. They said senior PA officials had threatened that anyone who refused to participate would be dismissed from their job. About 40 Palestinian organizations have launched a campaign aimed at pressuring Abbas to resign.