{"id":16175,"date":"2025-04-20T15:50:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T15:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=16175"},"modified":"2025-04-20T15:50:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T15:50:56","slug":"grounded-by-occupation-how-israel-humiliated-mahmoud-abbas-over-damascus-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/20\/grounded-by-occupation-how-israel-humiliated-mahmoud-abbas-over-damascus-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Grounded by Occupation: How Israel Humiliated Mahmoud Abbas Over Damascus Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-The episodes of political humiliation endured by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas continue \u2014 this time, from the air! In a shocking scene that reflects the fragility of what is known as \u201cPalestinian sovereignty,\u201d media reports revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally blocked a Jordanian helicopter from landing in Ramallah. The helicopter was designated to transport Abbas to the Syrian capital, Damascus.<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[70rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(12)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"5bd0e15e-8049-446f-a00d-4b34457819ae\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"498\" data-end=\"905\">Sources close to Abbas&#8217;s office confirmed that he had submitted an official request to facilitate the helicopter\u2019s landing and takeoff, but the Israeli side rejected it without providing any justification. This forced Abbas to completely alter his travel plans, instead making his way by land to the Allenby Bridge crossing, then to Amman, and from there flying to Damascus on the same Jordanian helicopter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"907\" data-end=\"1275\">The incident, reported by the \u201ci24NEWS\u201d channel, once again highlighted the degrading relationship imposed by the occupation on the Palestinian Authority \u2014 even in the simplest formal movements of its president. Observers described the event as a \u201cpublic political slap,\u201d pointing to Abbas\u2019s complete lack of real influence in the territories he is supposed to govern.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15098\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15098 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naten.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally blocked a Jordanian helicopter from landing in Ramallah.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naten.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naten-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naten-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"160\" data-end=\"195\"><strong data-start=\"160\" data-end=\"193\">Abbas\u2019s Long Road to Damascus<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1277\" data-end=\"1580\">The irony is that Abbas, who has long boasted about his security coordination with Israel, now faces unprecedented humiliation by the very party to whom he has offered all forms of obedience. Netanyahu even publicly described him as \u201ca security partner who cannot be dispensed with.\u201d Is this the reward?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1582\" data-end=\"1969\">On the other side, he was received by Syria\u2019s acting president, Ahmad Al-Sharaa, at the People\u2019s Palace in Damascus, in what appeared to be a largely ceremonial rather than political meeting. Damascus, which manages its relationships with Palestinian factions pragmatically, seems cautious not to burn its cards early with an authority that is disoriented and lacking in popular support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1971\" data-end=\"2382\">The visit appeared to be a desperate attempt by Abbas to gain political recognition from the new Damascus \u2014 or at least a photo to restore some of his dwindling stature. But at the same time, it exposed the depth of the crisis facing the Palestinian Authority and Abbas\u2019s increasing diplomatic impotence, as he has become a symbol of political weakness \u2014 even his means of travel is determined by his adversary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-The episodes of political humiliation endured by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas continue \u2014 this time, from the air! In a shocking scene that reflects the fragility of what is known as \u201cPalestinian sovereignty,\u201d media reports revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally blocked a Jordanian helicopter from landing in Ramallah. The helicopter was &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4942,719,1345,2894],"class_list":["post-16175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-abbass-office","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-mahmoud-abbas","tag-ramallah"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Grounded by Occupation: How Israel Humiliated Mahmoud Abbas Over Damascus Visit - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas faced fresh humiliation after Israel blocked a Jordanian helicopter meant to fly him to Damascus.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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