Before leaving for Egypt, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stopped for a photo-op with the Palestinian winner of the Arab Beauty Queen Pageant. The photo shows a young woman originally form Jerusalem who now lives mostly in London – full of glamour and beauty in a traditionally tailored dress. Abbas on the other hand couldn’t even bring himself to smile. It is easy to understand why, he had a lengthy and discouraging day ahead.

“I came here to talk to you about our relations with Trump, Israel and Hamas,” Abbas began his speech by referring to the three hostile entities he is dealing with.
Heeding to his advisors, he softened his rhetoric against Trump and decided to focus his criticism on Trump’s aides. But the speech clearly laid out the depth of the historic low the Palestinian National Movement currently finds itself.

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