(Times-UK) Richard Beeston - Abbas's period of grace will end the moment he sits at his desk on the day following the elections. In the coming days he must resume negotiations with Israel, begin a series of reforms in the PA, and silence the guns of Palestinian hardliners. "The elections give Abu Mazen legitimacy but not authority," Dennis Ross, the former U.S. envoy to the region, said. "If he can show he is doing something about corruption, the rule of law, and freedom of movement, he will then have authority."
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