The Palestinian leader has deliberately refrained from naming a successor and concerns are growing that chaos will follow his departure from office. Israeli defense officials believe Palestinian intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Majid Faraj will most likely succeed Abbas.
Move seeks to counter a Defense Ministry order halting agricultural imports from the West Bank to Israel. Palestinian ban includes produce, soft drinks, and water.
A call for the Trump administration to show more sympathy for the Palestinian perspective demonstrates the flaw in the thinking of peace advocates.
“I cannot accept being transferred to the West Bank. Although we are the same, we cannot leave our land, lives and traditions. Although they [West Bank Palestinians] are our family, it is not possible,” says one mother from Umm al-Fahm.
President Hassan Rouhani says his country is "still ready for interaction and cooperation with the European Union for resolving issues and, whenever the opposite side completely upholds their commitments, Iran will return to its commitments."
