"The symbols of Palestinian nationalism have suddenly changed. As far as the Palestinian Authority (PA) is concerned, revolutionaries belong in museums and the kufiyyah and musakkhan (a traditional Palestinian dish) are celebrated as the only elements of the rich tapestry of Palestinian national identity.
And with Mahmoud Abbas, the PA president, becoming increasingly insignificant, while Mohammed Dahlan remains an unacceptable prospect as Palestinian leader, Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian prime minister, has become the new darling of the West.
The Western press has, accordingly, produced an unending supply of laudatory and fawning pieces about the leadership of the man who - along with his partner Hanan Ahsrawi, who still thinks she can have it both ways, talking against corruption while aligning herself with the corrupt regime of Ramallah - did not receive more than two per cent of the support of the Palestinian people in the last legislative elections-under-occupation."
Al Jazeera
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