Amman, Jordan – Members of the family of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have secretly left Ramallah for Jordan, according to the online newspaper Rai Al-Youm.
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“For the first time and secretly, all the members of President Abbas’s family have left to their residence in Amman,” the report said.
It said that Abbas’s wife and grandchildren were among the family members who left Ramallah recently.
The newspaper said that Mohamed Shehadeh, who is in charge of Abbas’s security detail, has decided to beef up security around the PA president’s office and residence in Ramallah.
The departure of Abbas’s family and the tight security measures came in response to growing resentment among Palestinians with the PA president and his policies in wake of the current war between Israel and Hamas.
Over the past two weeks, many Palestinians have accused Abbas of failing to display strong leadership in light of the Israeli military operation. Some have gone as far as accusing him of “collusion” with Israel and Egypt.
Since the beginning of the war, Palestinian demonstrators have clashed with PA policemen in various parts of the West Bank, who tried to stop them from marching toward IDF checkpoints and settlements.
In the worst incident, at least 15 Palestinians were injured earlier this week during violent clashes with PA policemen in Nablus, who, according to witnesses, used live ammunition and tear gas to disperse the protesters.
Later, Palestinians hurled a petrol bomb at a PA security installation in Nablus.
Most of the Palestinian protests against the war in the Gaza Strip have turned into anti-Abbas rallies, with many chanting slogans accusing the PA president of treason and calling for his resignation.
Witnesses also noted that Fatah activists have been participating in Hamas-organized rallies in Ramallah, Hebron, Nablus and Tulkarem.
COWARDS. Just like Hamas leaders. Just like ALL Arabs if they had where to go & could afford it. So much for sticking with your people, right?
Israel should start a curfew in the West Bank so that no HAMAS TERRORISTS should CHAS V’SHOLOM take over
They won’t be travelling too far. Mrs.. Abbas probably wants to stay close to her Israeli hospital and the Israeli doctors who operated on her knee just a few months ago. . .
Is she finished recuperating from the surgery she underwent in a Tel Aviv hospital while rockets from Gaza were flying all over Israel? I guess so; she’s well enough to run away! All the Pali leadership have always been corrupt and taking advantage of their people. When are the Palestinian people going to wake up and realize they are being used as pawns to enrich the lives of a small number of so-called leaders whose interest is in keeping the conflict going. They profit from war and unrest, not from peace. Speak of the devil, I believe Suha Arafat is still living it up in Paris…..
Good captains go down with the ship. Cowards take after their supreme leader y”sh yessir Arafat
the one thing that is clear- these so called innocent civilians are totally complicit and have no regrets.
Come on Israel, do the world a favor and wipe the place off the face of this planet before they do so to us and everyone else who does not subscribe to their blood thirsty “religion”
I have a great idea why not let these animals go over and stay at alterg’s house.
hey alter jerk send them the invitation………
Now thats a leader!
just a matter of time that hamas will take over the so called west bank wg=here the PLO is in controll.., yeh listen to America and accept a cease fire so they can now have mnissle factories in the west bank.
Time for Israel to take full controll of the land given by hashem during the six day war