May 16, 2016

Who Will Succeed Mahmoud Abbas and Does It Really Matter?

• Hamas is convinced that the Palestinian Authority (PA) will never allow elections to take place in the West Bank because of the likelihood that Hamas would win. The PA argues that Hamas will never allow a free election in the Gaza Strip because it does not tolerate any competition.
• After Arafat died, Arafatism lived on. The same applies to Mahmoud Abbas. No real changes, if ever, should be expected in the Palestinian attitude towards the conflict with Israel after his departure.
• In the Gaza Strip, the Palestinians will continue to be ruled by Hamas, an Islamist movement that has brought nothing but destruction and disaster to Palestinians.
• The question of Abbas’s successor is thus rather unimportant. The Palestinians will continue to be ruled by dictatorships that do not give a damn about their people.

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