American media and the promotion of Fayyad

The plot thickens: US media continues with the orchestrated campaign to promote the man who received 2% of the Palestinian vote in the last legislative election-under-occupation (technically, he received 1% percent because the combined list with him and his partner, Hanan Ashrawi received the whopping 2%). "His office, sleek and ultramodern, seems to capture something of the man who is trying to save the Palestinian dream from collapse. And unlike workspace of most Palestinian politicians, the dominant photo is not a portrait of PA President Mahmoud Abbas or legendary Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat – but rather, a grand, old olive tree. It seems fitting that this, the Palestinian symbol of connection to the land, is what Fayyad sees when he looks up from his desk." (thanks Marcy)