“Don’t let the settlements into your homes,” the yellow and black banners in downtown Ramallah proclaim. The streets are bustling as usual with…
Aziz Duwaik (born c. 1950) has been the Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) since his election to that post on 18 January 2006. Imprisoned in Israel on 6 August 2006, on charges of being a member of Hamas, he was released on 22 June 2009. Some Palestinians consider Duwaik, as speaker of the PLC, to be the acting President of the Palestinian National Authority, since the elected term of Mahmoud Abbas officially expired on 9 January 2009. Duwaik himself has said that he is content to let Abbas ride out his term in office until new elections, which are now scheduled for June 28, 2010, can be held.






















