Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas

UN rejection sends harsh wake-up call to Abbas

 
Image: PA President Mahmoud Abbas signs international agreements in Ramallah, December 31, 2014.  Photo by Reuters (Courtesy Haaretz.com)
 

For years, the Palestinian president Abbas has deluded himself that the United States would act to end the Israeli occupation during his lifetime. On Wednesday, he was forced to abandon his illusions.