Abbas Is Counting on a Trump Loss to Revive Palestinian Fortunes - The New York Times - 0 views
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The Palestinians are counting on a Trump defeat next Tuesday. They don’t even want to think about Plan B.
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But former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has made clear that he opposes Israeli annexation of land Palestinians want for a future state, and Israel has said it would not proceed without United States support.
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solated diplomatically and running out of money, plagued by old internal ideological divisions and by new threats like the coronavirus, the Palestinians are looking to Tuesday’s election more desperate than ever for a change in Washington.
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They are expecting a return to United States support for a two-state solution that Palestinians would consider viable.
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Rolling back other moves by Mr. Trump, however, would be more complicated, like reopening a Palestinian diplomatic mission in Washington.
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Ultimately, many analysts say, Mr. Abbas may have to eat crow and re-engage the Trump administration, ideally with some sort of face-saving diplomatic cover like the intervention of a multilateral institution.
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Difficult as it may be to believe now, Mr. Abbas was quite optimistic about the Trump administration in its first few months,
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But those hopes were quickly dashed, and the administration’s treatment of the Palestinians became a growing nightmare of aid cuts, affronts and insults.
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Allowing the reopening of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s diplomatic mission in Washington or restoring much of the aid to projects that directly benefited the Palestinian Authority would require Mr. Biden to overcome a number of legal obstacles, some of which might require Congressional approval.
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Some Palestinians support renewed efforts to revive negotiations with Israel. Others want the Palestinian Authority to dissolve itself, forcing Israel to take responsibility for their lives