Abbas Elected for Another Term as Fatah Leader
The seventh Fatah General Congress opened in Ramallah on Tuesday, with PA President Mahmoud Abbas presiding over the meeting of around 1,300 delegates from the West Bank, Gaza Strip and around the world. The Congress wasted no time in electing Abbas for fresh terms as the leader of the Party’s Central Committee and the Revolutionary Council, although analysts have increasingly voiced concerns in recent days that there is no plan for who will take over the fragile Palestinian institutions on the day after Abbas, who is 84 years old and rumored to be in poor health, leaves the scene.
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