Mohammed Najib

Pres­i­dent Ab­bas has been in ill health over re­cent years and is un­pop­u­lar, but many Pales­tini­ans are still ap­a­thet­ic.

Is­raeli au­thor­i­ties refuse to grant li­cens­es to Pales­tin­ian wa­ter au­thor­i­ties to dig more much-need­ed wells.

An es­ti­mat­ed 4,500 Pales­tini­ans are lan­guish­ing in jail, many for sim­ply chal­leng­ing Is­rael’s oc­cu­pa­tion.

Un­prece­dent­ed set­tler vi­o­lence in the oc­cu­pied West Bank is rais­ing fears the sit­u­a­tion may grow out of con­trol.