Are the Israelis trying to destabilize Mahmoud Abbas with this leak?
JERUSALEM – Israeli officials said Monday they would delay the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners until next week because of a request by Palestinian officials.
They said the Palestinian officials had asked for the delay because President Mahmoud Abbas is out of the country and wants to be back in the West Bank to greet the freed prisoners.
Note that if they were immediately released they could spend eid with their families.
[From Israel to delay Palestinian prisoner release – Yahoo! News]
Why would the Israelis want to destabilize Abbas?
Anyway it seems he’s doing a fine job of making himself more unpopular. See the shameful bickering between Hamas and Abbas over Gazan Hajj visas: http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article2.aspx?ArticleID=189601“ rel=”nofollow”>Hamas Joins Quraish Infidels; Denies Hajjis Access: Abu Mazen.
Who knows why, but this report certainly makes him look bad!
I had seen that report, I love Abbas’ Islamist attack on the Islamists!
report most certainly makes him look bad. and its not helping anyone, infact its doing mroe harm to their own people. especially in the light of all the clashes between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority on the Haj issue. They are giving the Israelis more rope and opportunity to further derail the whole peace process.