In the latest sign of a deepening internal fracture within the Palestinian leadership, President Mahmoud Abbas has launched an unprecedented verbal attack on Hamas, calling them “sons of dogs” and demanding they release hostages, disarm, and cede control of Gaza to his Palestinian Authority (PA). These explosive remarks reflect not just personal outrage, but a broader crisis of legitimacy and leadership at a time when the Palestinian people are enduring catastrophic suffering. Mr Abbas’s words mark a significant rupture, laying bare the broken channels between the two dominant Palestinian factions.

His condemnation of Hamas ~ delivered not in the usual cautious political tones but with emotional venom ~ suggests a leader no longer concerned with optics but with legacy. Yet, beneath the fury lies a profound political reality: Mr Abbas has lost control of the narrative, of the territories, and arguably, of the confidence of his own........

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