Comment: This is not the first time that Abbas's blind quest to stay in power is costing Palestinians their sovereignty, writes Dalal Yassine.
![Mahmoud Abbas [POOL/AFP/Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/9DB2D67A-414F-47DA-877D-1A6E2EA43CB7.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=q6xRFlIT "Mahmoud Abbas [POOL/AFP/Getty]")
![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]")
![Suha Arafat [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/D8AAD3B3-5E71-4851-B998-193196515553.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=ic8Di_cU "Suha Arafat [Getty]")
