Fatah Movement Re-Elects Abbas as Party Leader
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 8:20 am |
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A leadership conference of the Palestinian Fatah movement has unanimously re-elected Mahmoud Abbas to a new five-year term.
Party official Salim Zanoun asked the gathering Monday to elect Abbas “by consensus.” The hundreds of delegates stood up and applauded Abbas, who then embraced Zanoun.
The five-day conference is expected to cement Abbas’s control of Fatah and lock out his chief rival, the exiled Mohamed Dahlan.
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