Abbas’s son appeals lawsuit rejection

Yasser Abbas had sued Foreign Policy for article which claimed he got rich off his father’s political appointment

By JTA 26 October 2013, 2:41 am Edit
Palestinian security officers slide down a building next to a banner of PA President Mahmoud Abbas with Yasser Arafat, in the West Bank town of Jenin in 2012. Arabic on the left reads "our hero prisoners, the covenant is the covenant and the section is the section, your liberty will stay our first priority," and right, "all your people (are) with you."(photo credit: AP/Mohammed Ballas)
Palestinian security officers slide down a building next to a banner of PA President Mahmoud Abbas with Yasser Arafat, in the West Bank town of Jenin in 2012. Arabic on the left reads "our hero prisoners, the covenant is the covenant and the section is the section, your liberty will stay our first priority," and right, "all your people (are) with you."(photo credit: AP/Mohammed Ballas)

Mahmoud Abbas’ son wants to reinstate a lawsuit against Foreign Policy magazine and a prominent conservative scholar.

Politico reported that Yasser Abbas this week appealed a US District Court judge’s ruling last month that his lawsuit could not withstand standards that protect the publication of lawsuits in the public interest.

Abbas filed the suit over an article in the magazine’s June 2012 edition that suggested he had grown wealthy due to the position of his father, the Palestinian Authority president.

The article was written by Jonathan Schanzer, a vice president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and carried the headline, “The Brothers Abbas: Are the sons of the Palestinian president growing rich off their father’s system?”

Schanzer is a former US Treasury official under President George W. Bush and is noted for his expertise in tracking how Middle East entities spend and raise funds.

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