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What will come after Abbas?
What will come after Abbas? On January 14, 2009, in about four months, 73-year-old Mahmoud Abbas’ term in office will end, and the storm shall start. On a Poll conducted by the Maan News Agency 72.41 percent of the voters think Abbas should step down by the end of his term. Only 19 percent think he should stay and 7.8 percent don’t know. 406 people voted.
The Poll shows that all the efforts Abbas is doing to reach an agreement with Olmert until the end of the year are not really worth anything, since the people do not want to go this way. Which way do they want to go? It clearly looks like the have chosen the way of terror. All terror attacks in Jerusalem in 2008 have been done by East Jerusalem arabs.
So where are the Palestinians heading too? Another Intifada?
An almost sole outlet for the Palestinian distress may be a new type of Intifada or some kind of other military activity against Israel that would reunite Palestinian forces. Tzipi Livni’s term in office, should she become prime minister, would encourage them to do so as they would perceive Israel to be weakening. Are we ready for this? In the midst of the leadership vacuum that we are facing and our leaders’ shallowness, is anyone preparing for a Palestinian collapse, which will of course affect us too?
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