A recent poll by the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research showed that there is significant disillusion with Palestinian politics. Arguably most notable is the opposition to Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s decision-making, a further deterioration in his popularity as leader and, more importantly, a decrease in support for the two-state compromise and even the one-state framework. Clearly, the PA is consistent in rendering itself unpopular with Palestinians. It is viewed as “a burden on the Palestinian people” by 59 per cent of Palestinians, while 86 per cent view the PA as a corrupt entity. The poll results expose what the international community has done for Palestine, and what the PA has achieved in its collaboration with its donors. … Continue reading Palestinians reject international impositions on themselves and their land