a computer instruction that takes up a small amount of space but specifies no operation. The computer processor simply moves to the next sequential instruction.In hacker lingo it means someone who contributes nothing, who pretty much just takes up space.
Mahmoud Abbas is a quintessential no-op.
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel on Wednesday of carrying out "crimes against humanity" with its incursion into Gaza Strip.As usual, rather than leading and doing, Abbas is reduced to whining to any reporter who still hangs out around him. I'm surprised he hasn't yet characterized the operation as "genocide," "ethnic cleansing" and a "Holocaust." But it is only day one...he still has time.
He also seems to be implying that his people are humans, which seems to be a harder and harder assumption to make with each passing day.