Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, known as Abu Mazen, has made an extraordinary demand that Britain pay £2 trillion in compensation for its administration of the British Mandate from 1917 to 1948.
Abbas insists the claim is rooted in international law, once again blaming others for the failures and destructive choices of the Palestinian leadership. The demand highlights the long-standing tactic of shifting responsibility outward instead of addressing the corruption, extremism, and internal divisions that have plagued the Palestinian cause for decades.
Britain, for its part, has repeatedly bent over backwards to accommodate the Palestinians and other Arab states, offering aid, diplomatic support, and recognition efforts. Yet time and again, these gestures are met not with gratitude but with hostility, hatred, and ever-growing demands.
Abbas’s latest move is seen by many as another example of the entitlement and political theater that has defined Palestinian diplomacy, showing more interest in rewriting history and extracting money than in building a viable future.