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Managing Palestine’s Looming Leadership Transition
With Mahmoud Abbas ageing, a change is drawing near at the top of the Palestinian national movement.
It remains unclear how a successor will be chosen
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Elections are the best way, but Abbas and his circle are likely to try other, riskier means first.
What’s new?
President Mahmoud Abbas is approaching the conclusion of his tenure as leader of the Palestinian national movement.
It is unclear who will succeed him, and by what process, which raises no small number of questions about the Palestinians’ political future.
Why does it matter?
Under Abbas’s presidency, the Palestinian Authority has become autocratic and