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Who will rule over Palestinian territories after Mahmoud Abbas?

France24 · · 113 words · By Video by Oliver FARRY
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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Palestinian Authority president Mahmous Abbas is accused of trying to consolidate his family's hold on his Fatah party by getting his son onto the 18-member central committee at the party's Congress”
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Multiple sources report that Yasser Abbas is seeking a seat on the 18-member Fatah Central Committee and that this has led to speculation/accusations that President Mahmoud Abbas is attempting to keep power within his family.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Fatah–Hamas conflict (Arabic: النزاع بين فتح وحماس, romanized: an-Nizāʿ bayna Fataḥ wa-Ḥamās) is an ongoing political and strategic conflict between Fatah and Hamas, the two main political parties…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah–Hamas_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mahmoud Abbas (Arabic: مَحْمُود عَبَّاس, romanized: Maḥmūd ʿAbbās; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (Arabic: أَبُو مَازِن, ʾAbū Māzin), is a Palestinian politician who has bee…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Abbas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The next legislative elections in Palestine have been repeatedly postponed or cancelled. Most recently, they were scheduled for 22 May 2021 according to a decree by President Mahmoud Abbas on 15 Janua…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Palestinian_legislative_e…
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“the party's Congress, which starts today in Ramallah”
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Multiple sources confirm Fatah party congresses/conferences held in Ramallah, including specific mentions of the seventh conference in Ramallah.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (Arabic: كتائب شهداء الأقصى, romanized: Katāʾib Shuhadāʾ al-Aqṣā) are a Fatah-aligned coalition of Palestinian armed groups in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Created i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Aqsa_Martyrs'_Brigades
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fatah ( FAH-tə, fə-TAH; Arabic: فتح, romanized: Fatḥ [ˈfʌtɑħ]), officially the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (حركة التحرير الوطني الفلسطيني, Ḥarakat at-Taḥrīr al-Waṭanī l-Filasṭīnī), is a P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yasser Arafat (c. August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasser_Arafat
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“64-year-old Yasser Abbas, a wealthy businessman, is being fast-tracked to the committee”
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Wikipedia confirms Yasser Abbas is the son of Mahmoud Abbas and a businessman. Web search results explicitly state he is expected to seek one of 18 seats on the Central Committee and identify him as a businessman. While the '64-year-old' specific age is not explicitly in the snippets, the birth date of Feb 8, 1962, provided by Wikipedia makes him 62 or 63 depending on the current date, which is very close to the claim's 64.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yasser Arafat (c. August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasser_Arafat
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Fatah–Hamas conflict (Arabic: النزاع بين فتح وحماس, romanized: an-Nizāʿ bayna Fataḥ wa-Ḥamās) is an ongoing political and strategic conflict between Fatah and Hamas, the two main political parties…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah–Hamas_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mahmoud Abbas (Arabic: مَحْمُود عَبَّاس, romanized: Maḥmūd ʿAbbās; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (Arabic: أَبُو مَازِن, ʾAbū Māzin), is a Palestinian politician who has bee…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Abbas
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“Abbas has headed the Palestinian Authority since 2005”
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Wikipedia and BBC News both explicitly state that Mahmoud Abbas was elected president of the Palestinian Authority in January 2005.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amina Abbas (Arabic: أمينة عباس; née Al-Fanous; born 1942) is a Palestinian public figure who, as the wife of President Mahmoud Abbas, is the current first lady of Palestine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amina_Abbas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mahmoud Abbas (Arabic: مَحْمُود عَبَّاس, romanized: Maḥmūd ʿAbbās; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (Arabic: أَبُو مَازِن, ʾAbū Māzin), is a Palestinian politician who has bee…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Abbas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yasser Abbas (Arabic: ياسر عباس; born 8 February 1962) is a Palestinian-Canadian multi-millionaire businessman and the son of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. His conspicuous wealth has …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasser_Abbas
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“has declined to face voters in an election since then”
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Multiple sources confirm that Abbas has not held a presidential election since 2005, with one source explicitly stating the PA has not held a presidential election in 21 years.
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web search NEUTRAL — Abbas was elected on 9 January 2005 to serve as President of the Palestinian National Authority until 15 January 2009, but extended his term until the next election in 2010, citing the PLO constitutio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Abbas
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web search NEUTRAL — The Palestinian Authority, however, has not held a presidential election in 21 years, and support for it and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has withered during years of corruption and frustration…
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/27/g-s1-118847/local-elections-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a leadership meeting in Ramallah, in the West Bank May 19, 2020 (credit: ALAA BADARNEH/POOL VIA REUTERS). Some, however, have pointed to the rising sw…
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-691984
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“Tahani Mustafa, lecturer in International Relations at King’s College London”
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The official King's College London profile and The Conversation both confirm Tahani Mustafa is a Lecturer in International Relations at King's College London.
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web search NEUTRAL — Lecturer in International Relations Tahani Mustafa is a Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. She holds a PhD from the School of Oriental and A…
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/tahani-mustafa
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web search NEUTRAL — Tahani Mustafa is a Lecturer of International Relations at King's College London, and a visiting fellow in the Middle East and North Africa programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations ...
https://theconversation.com/profiles/tahani-mustafa-2504769
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web search NEUTRAL — Experienced policy analyst, academic researcher, author and project manager with… · Experience: European Council on Foreign Relations · Education: SOAS University of London · Location: Greater London …
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/tahani-mustafa
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