Poll Shows Palestinians Oppose Extended Abbas Term
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has garnered little support for his rumored plan to extend his term in office by an additional year. A recent poll conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research indicates that almost two-thirds of Palestinians believe that Abbas’s term should end in January, rather than be extended without new elections, as some have suggested he may do. However, the same poll shows that Abbas’s secular nationalist Fatah party is enjoying a slight lead in popular support over rival organization Hamas.
Paul Shapiro
