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Source: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/739/fr2.htm
Abbas is a Disappointment, and Not Only to Israelis
(Al-Ahram-Egypt) Graham Usher - Palestinians do not see Abbas as a leader heading for a fall - at least not yet. But 100 days into his watch there is a sense of growing disappointment. It is a new mood and a far cry from even the mild optimism generated by the elections in January when Abbas was cast as the great white hope of Palestinian nationalism. Obstruction to reform, led by elements on Fatah's central committee and executed by Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in their pay, is passively supported by large swathes of the PA bureaucracy, including several security chiefs, all of whom have an interest in seeing reform fail.