From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Daoud Kuttab was published by The New Arab on November 28, 2016.
“Although it is not clear whether the congress will produce a single successor to Abbas, the deliberations of the congress and the elections of the new leadership will provide an indication of who the future leaders will be.
The most likely team will likely be a younger more energetic group made up almost entirely from leaders who have lived all their lives under Israeli occupation. For Abbas, a founding member of the 51-year old movement, the seventh congress will allow him to decide the road map for his own exit and the direction, as well as the leadership that will succeed him.“
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