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| After Abbas: The coming Palestinian bloodbath |
| 2016-01-29 |
| [NYPost] But, like it or not, he won't live or rule forever. And then what? To fend off pesky rivals, According to Paleostinian law, the speaker of parliament would take over pending new elections. But the parliament hasn't convened in years. And the current speaker is a member of Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,, Abbas' Islamist rivals. Israel and the US -- and, even more so, members of Abbas' party Fatah -- won't let him get near the seat of power. Nor would they risk another humiliating election, which Hamas is likely to win. In other words, no one in the West Bank knows how the next leader will emerge -- "and Israeli intelligence officials, whose entire job is to predict such things, have no idea either," says Gal Berger, Israel Radio's indispensable Paleostinian-affairs correspondent. When the time comes, the Fatah men who in the last few weeks started jockeying for position will duke it out for real. Such chaotic political fighting often leads to violence. Once that violence ebbs, a new strongman will emerge. But not a peaceful, democratic state of Paleostine. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #8 ...could severely impact the popcorn market. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-01-29 22:23 |
| #7 Odd.... They speak as if all this is a bad thing. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-01-29 17:46 |
| #6 and new Rantburgers are wondering WTF? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-01-29 17:05 |
| #5 One Three-Ring Binder to rule them all... |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-01-29 16:44 |
| #4 Dread Red Binder "Whosoever hold this Red Binder Shall rightwise be Caliph of all the Paleos" There is something from back in the day. Good times, good times! |
| Posted by: Nguard 2016-01-29 16:12 |
| #3 "Who proves worthy to inherit the Dread Red Binder? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-01-29 15:06 |
| #2 Oh, I hope we get a death watch, like Yasser Arafat. That was so much fun while it was going on. |
| Posted by: Thraling Hupoluns2819 2016-01-29 07:20 |
| #1 Has there ever been? |
| Posted by: Steven 2016-01-29 02:36 |