The Palestinian Authority’s President Is Eighty-Four Years Old and Has No Clear Successor. What Will Come after Him?
The deluge?
May 7, 2020
The Palestinian Authority’s President Is Eighty-Four Years Old and Has No Clear Successor. What Will Come after Him?
The deluge?
Within a few months of Yasir Arafat’s death in 2004, he was succeeded by Mahmoud Abbas as the head of two interlocking institutions: the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA). Abbas further consolidated his power in 2009 by taking over a third position formerly held by Arafat: that of chairman of Fatah, the dominant party in the PLO. Unlike his predecessor, Abbas has “systematically undermined the emergence of strong political figures that could be potential successors,” explains Ghaith al-Omari. Abbas, elected to the PA presidency for a four-year term fifteen years ago, is now eighty-four-year-old, has suffered from health problems, and does not appear to have any plans to retire. Omari continues:
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