Mahmoud Abbas, rendered completely lame by the electoral hijacking of the Palestinian Authority by Hamas, comes up with an all-new scheme to feign relevance:
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview published on Thursday that he intended to ask Palestinians to vote by referendum on any peace deal with Israel, sidestepping the Hamas-led government.
Speaking before the swearing-in of incoming Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s new government later on Thursday, Abbas told the Israeli daily Maariv that Israel should not be deterred from renewing peace talks despite Hamas’s control of the
Palestinian Authority.“We should not miss this opportunity,” Abbas said.
“It is my intention to bring the results of the negotiations (with Israel), if and when they end, to the Palestinian people in the form of a referendum and to give the Palestinian people the right to decide,” he added.
Leave it to Arafat’s henchman to seek to thwart the will of the Palestinian people (elections) with the will of the Palestinian people (referenda).
In democracies, the only poll that matters is at the ballot box. The people have spoken, Mahmoud, and they want the other terrorists in charge.
Enjoy your working retirement. I’m sure you can fill the time with interviews with AP, Reuters, Guardian, BBC, and all sorts of people with microphones and briefcases full of cash to hand out to the layers of beurocracy to get time with you.
