Saudi Snub

PA and Fatah leader Abbas was left out to dry in the Jordan sun. This from Al Jazeera;

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has snubbed the Palestinian president, skipping a meeting with Mahmoud Abbas on a visit to Jordan.

An Abbas official said "the meeting was postponed due to lack of time as both leaders had busy schedules", but Al Jazeera's David Chater, reporting from Jordan, said it was a deliberate and undiplomatic snub.

Abbas was kept waiting at a palace room for a telephone call that never came.

Instead, the Saudi monarch, who brokered a power-sharing deal between Abbas's Fatah faction and rivals Hamas in February, urged both sides to talk to each other, saying the infighting was benefiting only the Israelis.

The leaders of Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt all fear that armed groups in their countries will be emboldened by Hamas's move and while they have publicly shown the Palestinian president support, they have also leaned on him to engage Hamas once more.

The Saudi monarch and his Jordanian counterpart, King Abdullah II, said on Wednesday that Hamas's Gaza takeover – which in effect split the Palestinians into two entities – could have "dangerous repercussions".

Saudi Arabia appears to be playing a dangerous game. On one hand they are scared to death of a Jihadist uprising at home. For the sake of pacification, they support the Jihadists in neighboring countries. Something has got to give.

Hamas has instilled fear in the hearts of "moderate" (quietly supportive of terror) Islamic nations. Although Hamas serves the "moderates" well when it comes to Israel; otherwise…NIMBY.

So why the Saudi Snub? Abbas' star has fallen simply because he is obsolete. He is no longer the pawn to be sacrificed in the war against Israel. Hamas has replaced him. He has become nothing more than a financial drain. Why would any "moderate" support Abbas while he is losing badly to Hamas, and simultaneously agitate the radicals?

Is this the beginning of the end for Fatah and Abbas?

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