[Ma'an] Fatah member Jamal Nazzal said on Tuesday that the failure of a peace process predicated on Israeli conditions is in fact a Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) success. In an interview with The Voice of Palestine radio station, member of Fatah's Revolutionary Council, Jamal Nazzal stated that the failure of negotiations with Israel has proved to be an accomplishment for the PLO , which has maintained its stance and preserved the rights of Palestinians, he said.
Nazzal criticized the "strategic flirting" between Hamas and Israel regarding a temporary Palestinian state, as proposed by former Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz.
Renewing his warnings over Mofaz's statements concerning the creation of a temporary Palestinian state with 42% of the West Bank borders, Nazzal added that Mofaz was successful in leading Hamas to an imaginary competition against the PLO with temporary solutions that only tempt Hamas, he said.
He also considered the failure of the peace process as proof of the "innocence" of Fatah and the PLO.
Nazzal further cautioned that ruling Israeli Likud party program is one of war based on economic motives that will not be achieved with a Palestinian president who is internationally recognized, but rather with a 'pushover', regarded as an international pariah who can be hunted easily in order to conduct cheap victories over a defenseless people, he stressed.
In response to comments made in The Associated Press about Aziz Ad-Dweik, speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, speculating that he may become the next president, Nazzal remarked that, "Ad-Dweik is not fit to be a mayor of a village in Tanzania. Abbas will remain invested in his people until the last moment, following the path of his predecessor Abu Ammar [Yasser Arafat]."
The Associated Press article published on Monday claimed that Hamas affiliated Ad-Dweik would becoming acting president if President Mahmoud Abbas stepped down before the January elections.