In an Effort at Reform, Mahmoud Abbas Names an Ex-Terrorist His Deputy President
As he tries to reassure European and Arab supporters.
April 28, 2025
In an Effort at Reform, Mahmoud Abbas Names an Ex-Terrorist His Deputy President
As he tries to reassure European and Arab supporters.
When he called upon Hamas to end the war and release the hostages last week, the Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas was also getting ready for a reshuffle within his regime. On Saturday, he appointed Hussein al-Sheikh deputy president of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which is intimately tied to the PA itself. Al-Sheikh would therefore succeed Abbas—who is eighty-nine and reportedly in ill health—as head of the PLO if he should die or become incapacitated, and be positioned to succeed him as head of the PA as well.
April 28, 2025
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