24 May 2011 03:45 AM PDT 
Barry Rubin
The Rubin Report
24 May ’11
http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/2011/05/palestinian-politics-is-about-to-make.html
Palestinian Authority “president” Mahmoud Abbas is retiring and has called on Fatah to choose a replacement. Wonder who they’ll pick? Watch this space. I think I know and he makes Amr Moussa look like Megan McCain.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has suffered a heart attack. The Fatah leadership wants to get rid of him and is only held back by concern over the donors giving money. His days, too, are numbered.
President Obama’s argument is that Israel should make peace as fast as possible. But of course since the two “moderate” leaders aren’t going to be around very long, why make concessions to be pocketed by their successors who won’t implement these commitments and will definitely add even more demands.
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