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The Palestinian Authority Failed to Counter the Bahrain Conference


(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Yoni Ben Menachem - The call by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas for three days of demonstrations and clashes in the West Bank to protest the Bahrain economic conference evoked only a weak response. The Palestinian public in the West Bank is still seething over the severe cases of corruption among the PA leadership and is in no hurry to cooperate with it. Senior Fatah officials say that the corruption issue still dominates the discourse of the Palestinian street and the social networks. If Abbas does not take visible measures against corruption, an explosion is only a matter of time.
2019-07-03 00:00:00
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