Howard Shneider
WASHINGTON POST-WATCH: Still Off Balance, Part II: Credibility Problems — Abbas and the Washington Post
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas may have a credibility problem, but not the one The Washington Post reported on May 27. The Post, in a lapse at odds with its reputation for detailed exposes', omitted inconvenient truths about the Palestinian leader.
Washington Post Wrong on Refugees
Washington Post's Howard Schneider makes the surprising claim that: "The fate of an estimated 8.6 million displaced Palestinians and their descendants, including more than 3 million registered for humanitarian aid in Gaza, the West Bank and nearby Arab countries, is among the central issues to be resolved in any Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement." The highest number heard from advocates of the Palestinian "right of return" in the context of Israeli- Palestinian peace agreements is 5 million.