The nonexistent rise and tragic plateau of PA President Mahmoud Abbas

Journalist Amir Tibon and his book, ‘The Last Palestinian.’ (Courtesy) The murder of two Israeli police by a Palestinian gunman on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount in July led to an escalation of violence that caused Israeli security to place metal detectors at entrances to the sacred Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. In retaliation, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called…