Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen in his own words

Lots of you who are new to my blog (and thank God there have been lots of you lately!) may be wondering why I always refer to the President of the 'Palestinian Authority' as 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen. Mahmoud Abbas is the man's given name. Abu Mazen is his nom de guerre, something that every 'Palestinian' has (Arafat's was Abu Amar). And as to the 'moderate' in