25.06.2011                      23.Siwan, 5771                      Korach

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Palestinian Affairs: Searching for a ladder

Will Abbas find a way to drop his plans for a unilateral statehood declaration and a unity government with Hamas?

President Mahmoud Abbas is beginning to realize that he has climbed a very high tree regarding the plan to ask the UN to recognize a Palestinian state in September, and is now crying out for someone to provide him with a ladder to come down.
This is how a senior Palestinian Authority official in Ramallah responded when asked this week where Abbas stood on the issue of the statehood bid….