Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on April 23, 2025, in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. (Credit: Mohammad Torokman/Reuters)
It is a step in the reform attempts that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is struggling to demonstrate. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), a coalition of political groups led by his party, Fatah, voted on Thursday to create a vice president position for the first time in its history. The vote was approved by 170 members out of 188 in the PLO’s central council, which holds observer status at the United Nations as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people and dominates the Palestinian Authority, the executive body in the Palestinian territories.The issue of Palestinian Authority reform has long been a demand from Palestine's international and regional partners. Pressure increased after Oct. 7, with the idea that a reformed Palestinian Authority could eventually replace Hamas in the Gaza Strip. It...
It is a step in the reform attempts that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is struggling to demonstrate. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), a coalition of political groups led by his party, Fatah, voted on Thursday to create a vice president position for the first time in its history. The vote was approved by 170 members out of 188 in the PLO’s central council, which holds observer status at the United Nations as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people and dominates the Palestinian Authority, the executive body in the Palestinian territories.The issue of Palestinian Authority reform has long been a demand from Palestine's international and regional partners. Pressure increased after Oct. 7, with the idea that a reformed Palestinian Authority could eventually replace Hamas in the Gaza Strip....
