Abbas gets a hero’s welcome
Supporters burnt posters of the Emir of Qatar, who an Abbas aide said had approved Al Jazeera’s broadcast of leaked Middle East negotiation documents, as well as Israeli flags with Al Jazeera’s name sprayed inside the blue Star of David.
“We will go to Jerusalem, a million martyrs strong,” the crowd of over 3,000 chanted, in a rousing endorsement for Abbas using a famous slogan not heard since the days of his predecessor, Yasser Arafat.
