Fatah member calls Abbas 'tyrant' and 'dictator'
In rare, scathing article, prominent Fatah member calls Abbas 'tyrant' and 'dictator' Article written by Dr. Sufian Abu Zaida, a former prisoner in Gaza and today a lecturer at Al-Quds University, reflects the Palestinians' ongoing loss of faith in their political system. By Amir Oren | Jul.12, 2013 Is it the dramatic events in Egypt that are responsible for almost completely obscuring a scathing article describing Mahmoud Abbas as an authoritarian ruler who hoards all power to himself? Is it because of the demonstrations by millions of Egyptians on June 30, 2013, that the Palestinians hardly paid any attention to the following words, published on June 27?: “Honestly, no one dreamed we would ever arrive at the present situation, in which all authorities and all senior positions are in the hands of a single person ... We never imagined there would be anyone ... who would hold authorities that even Arafat, with all his greatness and symbolic importance,...
