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Source: http://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/12/01/abbas-makes-weak-plea-for-palestinian-unity/
Prospects for Palestinian Reconciliation with Israel
(American Interest) Walter Russell Mead - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was re-elected this week as the leader of the Fatah party. Within Fatah, many complain that the 81-year-old leader is out of touch and too close to Israel. Abbas' Palestinian critics have lately raked him over the coals for attending Shimon Peres' funeral and assisting Israel in putting out wildfires. So long as such basic acts of goodwill are treated as unforgivable betrayals of the cause, Palestinians are unlikely to move in a more moderate direction. The writer is professor of foreign affairs and humanities at Bard College and professor of American foreign policy at Yale University.