Community Voices: Fayyad Resigned–But Did He?
Salam Fayyad was 55 years old when they found him six years ago. "They" are the secretary of state and the European donors who wanted to help the Palestinian Authority in its hour of trial, but did not want to see their contributions diverted by corrupt Fatah officials into numbered Swiss bank accounts. The Palestinian Authority (PA) was run by the Fatah Party, founded by Yassir Arafat. The Fatah Party was in shambles. They had just lost Gaza to the well-organized Hamas. Prior to the Gaza coup, Fatah had lost its majority in the Palestinian parliament. In many districts, two Fatah rivals stood against one Hamas delegate. Fatah voters were divided, which allowed the Hamas delegate to win with a plurality, not a majority. Thus, Hamas won a majority of seats with less than a...