Palestine: Abbas makes Hussein Al-Sheikh his number two

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made key ally and possible successor Hussein Al-Sheikh Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) executive committee secretary-general on Thursday. The decision, reported by Palestinian Authority (PA) news agency Wafa, means Civil Affairs Minister Al-Sheikh, 61, is now the second most senior Palestinian official. There was no vote ahead of the move, and neither the central committee of 87-year-old Abbas’s Fatah party or the PLO’s executive committee were asked for their input, Israeli daily Haaretz said. Al-Sheikh, who oversees cooperation with Israel regardin…

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