Abbas hints at resignation, prefers dialogue over 'policing'

[Fight_n_back]

Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, weakened
by his power struggle with Palestinian Authority
Chairman Yasser Arafat, told lawmakers Thursday he
prefers dialogue with opposition groups rather
than pursuing a policy of "policing" them and
hinted at resignation if he did not win
parliamentary support.

<<snip>>

Abbas asked parliament to back him, saying that
otherwise there can be no progress on a
U.S.-backed peace plan. Hinting at resignation,
Abbas said he would not put up a fight to keep
his job, which he described as an impossible
mission.

"You either provide the resources of power and
support those things... or you take it back,"
Abbas said, but stopped short of demanding a
vote of confidence in Thursday's session.

The PLC will meet again Saturday in Ramallah to
hold a no-confidence on vote Abbas' government.
The Palestinian basic law allows a minimum of
10 PLC members to call a no-confidence vote,
but Fatah members have an unofficial directive
not to do so.
<<snip>>
In an angry demonstration outside the parliament
building, about 200 activists in Arafat's Fatah
movement promised to defend the veteran
Palestinian leader, and seven masked men from
the crowd broke down a door to the building and
smashed windows. Unarmed guards eventually
forced the men out.
<<snip>>
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http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/336505.html

[drdon326]

1. YAWN....He's been threatening to resign for months.

This holocaust denier is the same person who when
asked about the the most recent bus-bombing atrocity
called it against the "palestinian national interest"

But when commenting on israels killing a wanted terrorist
called it a "heinous crime"

Hes nothing but arafat with a better haircut.

[tinnypriv]

2. That was the Palestinian information minister

Not Abbas, although he has said similar.

[drdon326]

3. Wrong.

from a recently posted article:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=124&topic_id=7852

THATS EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID.

[TheYellowDog]

4. You're wrong, Tinny

n/t. Can you get the facts?