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Palestinian leader Abbas names likely successor in bid to reassure world powers
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas named close confidant Hussein al-Sheikh as his deputy and likely successor on Saturday, ...
The Times of Israel on MSN18h
Top Abbas aide al-Sheikh elected first-ever deputy head of the PLO
The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the organization’s senior and most limited body, announces ...
Palestinians create role for a vice president and possible successor to aging leader Abbas
The Palestine Liberation Organization has announced the creation of a vice presidency under 89-year-old leader Mahmoud Abbas, ...
Newser on MSN15h
Promotion Gives Abbas Aide Edge in Angling to Run PLO
The Palestine Liberation Organization has a vice president for the first time, putting Hussein al-Sheikh in position to ...
PA’s Abbas claims ancient Jewish temples were in Yemen, not Jerusalem
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas claimed “[Israel] is trying to change the historical and legal status of the ...
Palestinian President Abbas names likely successor
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has named a veteran aide as his new vice president. The move is seen as an important step ...
Palestinian Authority president calls Hamas ‘sons of dogs,’ demands release of hostages and disarmament
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has called Hamas “sons of dogs,” demanding the release of the remaining Israeli ...
Al Jazeera on MSN3d
‘Insulting’: Hamas condemns Abbas’s remarks on Gaza captives
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says keeping the captives provides Israel with justification for its attacks on Gaza.