Abu Mazen starts year 10 of his four-year term

'Moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen recently started the tenth year of his four-year term in office. Aside from the fact that this isn't a whole lot different than anyplace else in the Arab world, why does it matter?

By remaining in power beyond his term, Abbas has given Hamas and
other Palestinians a good excuse to argue that he is in no way
authorized to sign a