6. THE END OF THE ABBAS ERA
This chapter was updated in September 2016.
1. Peter Beaumont, “Israel-Palestine: Outlook Bleak as Wave of Violence Passes Six-Month Mark,” The Guardian, March 31, 2016.
2. For Abbas’s secret contacts with the Israelis, see Abbas, Through Secret Channels. For Barghouti’s withdrawal, see “Barghouti Out of Race for Palestinian Presidency,” The Globe and Mail, December 13, 2004. On the Bush administration’s support for Abbas, which began before Arafat had died, see Abrams, Tested by Zion.
3. For more on the efforts to undermine Hamas, see chapter 4; International Crisis Group, “Palestinians, Israel and the Quartet: Pulling Back from the Brink,” Middle East Report, no. 54, June 13, 2006. For polls that showed Palestinians wanted Abbas to resign, see “Palestinian Public Opinion Poll, no. 60,” Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, June 21, 2016; “Palestinian Public Opinion Poll, no. 59,” Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, March 17–19, 2016; “Palestinian Public Opinion Poll, no. 58,” Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, December 10–12, 2015; “Palestinian Public Opinion Poll, no. 57,” Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, September 17–19, 2015.