Rare combination of endemic corruption, kleptomania, nepotism, hate-education, incitement, terrorism, anti-US and pro-Venezuela, Russia and China worldview, egregious violations of civil liberties
Contrary to Western conventional wisdom, the nature of Mahmoud Abbas' Palestinian Authority--which is burdened by a mere 17% favorability in the US, compared with Israel's 70% - has turned most Palestinians against Mahmoud Abbas, has led most Jerusalem Arabs to prefer Israeli sovereignty, and catapulted Hamas to prominence on the Palestinian Street.
