Palestinians not optimistic about future, PA faces dwindling popularity
The Palestinians’ optimism about the future has sharply decreased along with the popularity of the Palestinian Authority and its government.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The popularity of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and its government is indisputably and incessantly declining among Palestinians.
This decline started when President Mahmoud Abbas postponed April 30 the general elections — presidential, legislative and Palestinian National Council elections for the PLO — followed by the security services’ killing June 24 of the political opponent Nizar Banat in Hebron in the southern West Bank.
