Son of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas elected to top Fatah body
Key takeaways
- Businessman Yasser Abbas, 64, secured a place on the central committee despite spending most of his time in Canada.
- The three-day Eighth General Conference in Ramallah, which began on Thursday and finished on Sunday, came as Fatah faces existential challenges following Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
- Yasser Abbas, 64, a businessman who spends most of his time in Canada, joins the central committee after being appointed around five years ago as his father’s “special representative”.
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Businessman Yasser Abbas, 64, secured a place on the central committee despite spending most of his time in Canada.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and son Yasser in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, May 28, 2018 [Mohamad Torokman/Reuters]By Mariamne Everett and AFPPublished On 17 May 202617 May 2026The son of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has secured a seat on Fatah’s highest leadership body, as initial results emerged from the movement’s first Congress in the occupied West Bank in a decade.
The three-day Eighth General Conference in Ramallah, which began on Thursday and finished on Sunday, came as Fatah faces existential challenges following Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.