Abbas's big bluff

Jerusalem Post | November 6, 2009| | Copyright

KHALED ABU TOAMEH KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Jerusalem Post
11-06-2009
Abbas's big bluff
Byline: KHALED ABU TOAMEH KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Edition: Daily
Section: Features
Memo: The PA president believed that his unilateral call for new elections would embarrass Hamas and increase pressure on its leaders, but so far it seems the strategy has only worked in reverse. PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS

Mahmoud Abbas's decision to hold new presidential and parliamentary elections at the beginning of next year is seen by some of his aides as one of the strangest moves he has made since he was elected to succeed Yasser Arafat ...

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