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January 18, 2013       Share:    

Source: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/01/16/portrait-of-palestinian-democracy-2013/

Portrait of Palestinian Democracy - 2013

(Commentary) Rick Richman - This week Mahmoud Abbas began the ninth year of his four-year term of office, having originally taken office on January 15, 2005, after a quickie election held a few weeks after Yasser Arafat died in the ninth year of his own four-year term. Being elected Palestinian president means you never have to run again. Palestinian democracy has been a bit of a disappointment: each of the peace-partner presidents were offered a state on virtually all of the West Bank and Gaza, with a capital in Jerusalem, and each of them walked away.

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