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April 30, 2013       Share:    

Source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/29/stop-blaming-israel-and-america-for-fayyad-s-fall.html

Stop Blaming Israel and America for Fayyad's Fall

(Daily Beast) Abraham Katsman - Who lost Salam Fayyad? The respected Palestinian prime minister was popular in international aid circles, New York Times op-eds, and even among Israelis, but Fayyad had no democratic Palestinian constituency to speak of. However well Fayyad did, his appointment as prime minister was never ratified by the legislature or the voters. He did face election in 2006, leading his "Third Way" party, and won 2 seats out of 132; Fatah and Hamas won a combined 129. For Palestinian voters, there was no Third Way.

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