Recapturing legitimacy in Palestine
By Michael Meyer-Resende and Michel Paternotre
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
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Western countries got it wrong when they believed that Hamas could not win the 2006 democratic elections they promoted in the Palestinian territories. Western leaders are getting it wrong again when they suggest that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is the only Palestinian player with democratic legitimacy and that he won elections. This Article is only available in The Daily Star on-line archive. Containing over 100,000 articles, The Daily Star archive is an excellent information source and research tool for all events in Lebanon and the region since 1997.
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