(Xinhua) -- Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas hints at stepping down from office in case direct negotiations with Israel was aborted, an official from Abbas's Fatah party revealed on Saturday.
A member of Fatah Central Committee, Jamal Mohissen, told Xinhua that Abbas informed Fatah leadership and the Executive Committee of Paleostine Liberation Organization (PLO) that he was planning "a serious step" if the negotiations failed.
The current situation, in which Israel is unlikely to renew a partial freeze on Jewish settlement in the West Bank, would force Abbas to take that decision, Mohissen added. |