Abbas – resisting Palestinian Unity during a genocide
JVL Introduction
The leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas hit out at Hamas and drew considerable criticism from prominent Palestinians for his words, approach, attitude and the lack of credibility for which he is responsible. For example, Mustafa Barghouti, condemned Abbas’ words: “They should not have been said by the president of the PLO, and definitely this will not create anything except more divisions and more anger within the Palestinian people.” and “US-Palestinian journalist Ramzy Baroud said “Abbas’s branch of Fatah, which fully controls the PLO, PA, and all official Palestinian representation, is both politically bankrupt and officially adopting Israel’s narrative on Gaza, the resistance, and the war”.
There are many reasons to be critical of Hamas but Abbas and the Palestinian Authority offer little, if anything, to the Palestinian people. Not only are they offering little to no opposition or resistance to Israel’s occupation, siege and genocide, it works directly with Israel on security, even directly suppressing resistance in Jenin shortly before Israel forced the residents of Jenin Camp out.
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This article was originally published by The New Arab on Tue 29 Apr 2025. Read the original here.
As Gaza burns, Abbas's rebuke of Hamas is a deathblow for Palestinian unity
Analysis: Mahmoud Abbas’s reprimand of Hamas marks the latest breaking point within a fractured Palestinian leadership, extinguishing hopes for reconciliation.
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Abbas`s PLA should protect his own People in the West Bank ; who are being
attacked, killed and their Homes Destroyed by Cowardly Israeli “Settlers”.
Abbas is a quisling and has been one for long before the 7th of October. Corrupt, Israeli, US stooge.
I believe Mustafa Barghouti to be a peaceful Palestinian politician. He has not ruled out any options for peace including a one state solution. He should b given a chance to progress his ideas. Abbas must go
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In these terrible times unity is harder than ever, we see it time and again.. I’m sure most of us agree with Mustafa Barghouti’s stance and the widespread critique of the PA. But I actually don’t think it’s necessarily right for political differences to be suppressed. If everyone pretends to an enforced agreement it makes any democratic future harder than ever. I’ve seen this at other times, other places. Zomlot, the Palestinian envoy to London, has not disguised these political differences.
For me to be writing like this at such a time feels almost insane (future, what future?). But I have other Arab socialist friends who say and feel that Hamas is to blame. This is not a situation one can see clearly from a march in London — although I will continue to march.
Abbas is a traitor to the Palestinians. His regime and Fatah are nothing more than collaborators with the occupation.
Fatah were once a better faction, but Arafat did what he could to undermine anyone more popular than him, which included people with a more grassroots base, like Salah Tamari. Although Mustafa Barghouti seems a good choice, and should be part of any future Palestinian government, how about Mawan Barghouti and Ahmed Sadaat too, whose experience (imprisonment) seems to represent a chunk of the Palestinian people’s ?
Abbas reminds me of Petain once a French hero during WW1. Then reviled as a Nazi collaborator during WW2.
The Vichy regime collaborated with the Nazis in rounding up French Jews. Now Abbas collaborates with Israel in the genocide of increasing number of Palestinians.
Lots of valid criticism about the wretched Abbas regime. However, if we want to talk about collaboration, is it not a bit far fetched, and potentially antisemitic, to compare it to Nazi collaboration, and if you want to talk about collaboration, should you not also address the affiliation the British Labour Party has had with the Israeli Labour Party ?