Ali Abunimah continues with his p[essimistic case against Abu Mazen:
“Under the guise of ‘reforming’ the Palestinian Authority for the sake of ‘peace,’ we are witnessing Rabin’s formula being resurrected with only the names changed. The vague promises of the Oslo accords have been replaced with the vague promises of the ‘Road Map.’ Abbas is being promoted not because he represents the future for the Palestinians, but precisely because he represents a past in which private profit and privilege were secretly traded for fundamental rights and interests of the Palestinian people.”