"Abbas, a relatively moderate leader who favors negotiations over violence, has less and less room to maneuver. Members of his own Fatah movement have questioned his judgment over the U.N. report and expressed increasing impatience over the lack of progress despite the high expectations raised by Obama's election. The party's Revolutionary Council is due to meet Friday and is expected to reaffirm the policy of not negotiating until Israel stops building on land in the West Bank and parts of eastern
Jerusalem."