Comment: This is not the first time that Abbas's blind quest to stay in power is costing Palestinians their sovereignty, writes Dalal Yassine.
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![Chinese vaccine Palestinian [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/54999501-60CD-4D33-830E-21FF95C51BD7.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=Za8m5o18 "Chinese vaccine Palestinian [AFP]")
![Gaza [Anadolu]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/4A852EDC-3215-44C2-B934-935368B0F093.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=vuVHjhm_ "Gaza [Anadolu]")
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