The expectation is that whoever has the role would be the favorite to happen to President Mahmoud Abbas, 89.
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has announced the creation of a vice presidency under the 89 -year -old leader, Mahmoud Abbas, who has not specified a successor.
After a two -day meeting, the central council of the body voted Thursday to create the role of vice president of the OLP Executive Committee. This position would also be sent to the Vice President of the State of Palestine, which the Palestinians hope that one day it will receive complete international recognition.
The expectation is that whoever has that role would be the favorite to succeed Abbas, thought that it is not clear when or exactly how it will be filled. Abbas will choose its vice president among the other 15 members of the OLP Executive Committee.
The PLO is the international representative of recognition of the Palestinian people and supervises the Palestinian authority (PA) backed by the West, these exercises limit autonomy in some areas of the West Bank occupied by Israel. Abbas has led both entities for 20 years.
Hamas, who won the latest national elections in 2006, is not in the PLO. Hamas took advantage of Gaza’s control of AP Security Forces in 2007, and reconciliation attempts between the rivals have failed repeatedly.
Surveys in recent years have shown carefree support for him and his Fatah party.
Western and Arab donor countries have demanded reforms in the AP to play a role in the postwar gaza. The authority is deeply unpopular and faces accusations of long data of corruption and poor governance. Appointing an apparent heir could be aimed at appeasing his critics.
Hamas criticized Abbas on Thursday for the comments he made a day before, where he described the group as “children of dogs” and urged him to free Israeli captives and leave weapons.
“Abbas repeatedly says and suspiciously the fault of the crimes of the occupation and our people,” said Hamas official, Basem Naim.
Since the Israel War against Gaza resumed on March 18, at least 1,928 people have been killed there, which took the number of deaths for death since the war broke out in October 2023 to at least 51,305, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Abbas has been looking for a greater relationship and a role in postwar planning for the Gaza Strip after being marginalized.
Conversations about a new high fire seem to have progressed little, and a Hamas delegation is in Cairo for renewed negotiations with Egyptian and Qatari key mediators.
