It was not a slip up, but rather a national and moral slip by Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) in his recent statements. He launched a sharp attack on the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza, led by the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, sparking a wave of anger and widespread controversy among the public and social media users.

This came during his opening of the 32nd session of the Palestinian Central Council (PCC), in which he demanded that the Israeli captives held by the Resistance be handed over. He used derogatory and inappropriate language against the Resistance when doing so, instead of directing his accusations at the Zionist entity and demanding that it stop committing massacres and repeated attacks against the Palestinian people.

In a statement that sparked widespread controversy, the Fatah Central Committee called on the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, to “stop leading the fate of the Palestinian people according to foreign agendas”. The Central Committee held Hamas responsible for obstructing the Palestinian national process, demanding that it comply with what it called Mahmoud Abbas’s efforts and adheres to the policies pursued by the Palestine Liberation Organisation.

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According to observers and analysts, these statements, which coincide with the escalation of brutal Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and the worsening national crisis, reflect a shift in the Palestinian Authority’s political priorities and are a dangerous attempt to shift responsibility for the crisis to the Resistance rather than confronting the Occupation.

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