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Mahmoud Abbas

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The Resume

    (May 26, 1935- )
    Published his memoirs, 'Through Secret Channels: The Road to Oslo'
    Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority (March-September 2003)
    Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) (November 11, 2004-January 2005)
    Known as a moderating force in the PLO
    Second President of the Palestinian Authority (2005- )

Why he might be annoying:

    He may have helped fund the terrorist attack on Israeli athletes during the 1972 Munich Olympics.
    He claimed there were secret ties between the Nazis and Jewish Zionists (1982).
    He once said that 'less than a million' Jews died during the Holocaust.
    He fought with Yasser Arafat on how to stop terrorism.
    Out of frustration with Arafat, he resigned as Prime Minister and was replaced by Ahmed Qurei (September 6, 2003)

Why he might not be annoying:

    He earned a Ph.D in history from the Oriental College in Moscow.
    He is considered one of the architects of the Oslo Peace Accords that gave the Palestinians the West Bank and Gaza Strip (1993).
    He is opposed to extremist Palestinian militant groups such as the Islamic Jihad and Hamas.
    He repented his earlier Holocaust positions by saying, 'The Holocaust was a terrible, unforgivable crime against the Jewish nation.'
    He called for a just peace with Israel (January 2004).

Credit: Ratman


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 35 Votes: 5.71% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 303 Votes: 63.04% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 115 Votes: 48.70% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 123 Votes: 54.47% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 218 Votes: 53.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 793 Votes: 45.78% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 745 Votes: 57.45% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 391 Votes: 81.84% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 59 Votes: 98.31% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 462 Votes: 63.42% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 394 Votes: 55.58% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 276 Votes: 68.84% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 252 Votes: 79.76% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 159 Votes: 69.18% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 348 Votes: 67.82% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 230 Votes: 66.09% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 315 Votes: 81.90% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 278 Votes: 77.70% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 1295 Votes: 76.68% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 414 Votes: 69.57% Annoying