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July 28, 2023

Mahmoud Abbas’s Graft Has Undermined the Peace Process

Many Palestinians observed that the only thing Oslo brought about was the enrichment of PLO officials.

When the Oslo Accords were signed in September 1993, it was hoped that they would lead to the end of the Israel-Palestinian conflict and the establishment of an enduring system of Palestinian self-government. Their failure to do so has been blamed on many factors, but one of the least noted is the endemic corruption within the Palestinian Authority (PA), established pursuant to the accords in 1994. To Khaled Abu Toameh, this widespread self-dealing is perhaps the greatest impediment to peace:

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