Speaking with Jewish Insider, AGSIW Senior Resident Scholar Hussein Ibish commented on the implications of U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s upcoming visit to Israel, noting that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is “primarily looking at the revival of interest in the Palestinian issue and his own role as chairman of the PLO as an unexpected political bananza. What he is going to try and do is try to get maximal advantage particularly in terms of his own domestic political credibility.” He continued, “As long as the Palestinian issue has been resuscitated — almost brought back from the dead really by Trump —  and he’s standing next to Trump whether in the White House or Ramallah, and there is serious prospects for some benefits on-the-ground, his position which was otherwise very shaky politically becomes really unassailable.”