Palestinians Victims of Leadership Failure
Editorial, The National | October 14, 2009
In the latest round of shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East, Mahmoud Abbas and Khaled Meshaal exchanged insults in televised speeches, leaving the US peace envoy looking like "a travelling salesman trying in vain to sell hair-restorer to two bald men fighting over a comb." ++ The continued subjugation of the Palestinian people is the direct result of a failure of leadership on behalf of Washington, the United Nations, Israel and the Arab World. ++ Palestinians will need to find a stronger leader that can lead them to statehood.
