“The Israelis know him and trust him, more than they know and trust Abbas.” Palestinian analyst Hani al-Masri called for the creation of a vice presidential post within the PA itself.

Abbas also recently appointed him as the head of a committee overseeing Palestinian diplomatic missions abroad. - 'Prelude to creating a successor' - Palestinian analyst Hani al-Masri called for the ...

Abbas also recently appointed him as the head of a committee overseeing Palestinian diplomatic missions abroad. Palestinian analyst Hani al-Masri called for the creation of a vice presidential ...

Abbas has been under pressure to nominate a successor. On Saturday, Abbas has named Hussein al-Sheikh as vice-president of PLO and he is now seen as a successor to Abbas. Al-Sheikh is a Fatah veteran ...

Palestinian political analyst Hani al-Masri, however, said Abbas, who was elected to a four-year term as president in 2005 and has not faced a vote since then, was signalling he did not plan to step ...

In 2005, Mahmoud Abbas was elected PA president - but in contrast to his predecessor, was, and still is, opposed to armed Palestinian resistance. Al-Masri says that since Abbas assumed office ...

Abbas also recently appointed him as the head of a committee overseeing Palestinian diplomatic missions abroad. Palestinian analyst Hani al-Masri called for the creation of a vice presidential ...

Abbas also recently appointed him as the head of a committee overseeing Palestinian diplomatic missions abroad. Palestinian analyst Hani al-Masri called for the creation of a vice presidential ...