Abbas' move highlights failure of peace process - 06 Nov 09

Abbas' move highlights failure of peace process - 06 Nov 09:

The Palestinian president has announced he will not be seeking re-election.

Mahmoud Abbas said enough was enough after years of frustration fighting for an independent homeland.

Abbas said he was surprised by Washington's "favouring of the Israeli position" regarding the issue of illegal Israeli settlements and that a solution had to be found.

He also said that the "sum of my experience" is that a two-state solution for Palestine and Israel is still possible.

Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh reports from Ramallah.



"The decision by Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, to bow out of politics has raised doubts over the future of the Middle East peace process.

Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, in praising his efforts said she would work with Abbas in whatever capacity he was working in the future.

But it remains to be seen if the US, whose backing of the Israeli position on illegal settlements led to Abbas' decision, will now try to keep him.

Al Jazeera's John Terrett reports."



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