Abbas’ success depends on his successor
Convicted murderer Marwan Barghouti is the only Palestinian with the moral authority to achieve a two-state solution. If Israel releases him from prison now, it may just save the peace process.
By Matthew Kalman | Apr. 9, 2014
There is a silver lining to last weeks disastrous collapse of the U.S.-sponsored peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians: we finally got a glimpse of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas exit strategy.
Its smart. Israel should grab the opportunity with both hands.
Abbas said two things last week of enormous importance, and linked them with the future of the log-jammed peace talks.
First, he said that he could not, in his declining years, betray the Palestinians by signing the draft framework that is slowly emerging from the endless meetings hosted by the United States.
Second, he demanded the release of Marwan Barghouti from jail.
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