Mahmoud Abbas Praises Russia and Bashes the U.S.—against His Own Interests
Biting the hand that feeds the Palestinians.
October 24, 2022
Mahmoud Abbas Praises Russia and Bashes the U.S.—against His Own Interests
Biting the hand that feeds the Palestinians.
On October 12 and 13, the Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas attended a Kremlin-sponsored international summit in Kazakhstan, where he met with Vladimir Putin and publicly thanked him for his support, while declaring his own lack of trust in the U.S. Michael Koplow observes that such rhetoric follows a “yearslong pattern . . . where Abbas expects a long list of things from the U.S. without being willing to accede to U.S. requests in return.” Koplow adds:
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