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September 21, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/mahmoud-abbas-is-having-the-time-of-his-life-1.385590

Abbas Is Having the Time of His Life

(Ha'aretz) Chemi Shalev - Statesmen and diplomats from around the globe are falling over themselves in a last-ditch effort to dissuade Mahmoud Abbas from pursuing his bid for UN recognition of Palestinian statehood and he is enjoying every minute. Members of the Middle East Quartet are frantically exchanging fresh formulas that might find favor with Abbas. The rather uncharismatic Abbas has suddenly been cast as a Caesar who gazes at the arena below him before turning his thumbs down, as the Arabs and Palestinians ecstatically cheer him on.

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