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Abbas Quits Fatah Central Committee, Threatens to Resign as PM
(Ha'aretz) Danny Rubinstein - The background to the crisis in the Palestinian government, with Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas threatening to resign and quitting the Fatah Central Committee, is actually the declining influence of the Fatah movement leadership. Those most critical of Abbas were angry about the pictures of the Palestinian ministers meeting with Israeli ministers and the reports that Abbas was planning to go to the Knesset (he has denied he plans to go). Most people in the Palestinian leadership believe Abbas' threats to quit are only a tactic to pressure his rivals, who know Abbas enjoys broad international support and cannot be replaced now.