In 1994, Yasser Arafat received the Nobel Peace Prize, alongside Israeli leaders Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed a close aide as vice president, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said. Hussein al-Sheikh was named “deputy [vice president] of the ...

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Saturday appointed longtime aide Hussein al-Sheikh as the first-ever vice president of the PLO, a position created two days prior. Seen as paving the way for ...

The Fatah veteran, who spent more than 10 years in Israeli jails in the 1970s and 1980s, is seen as a successor to Mahmoud Abbas. Sheikh, 64, is a veteran leader of Abbas's Fatah movement ...

The Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive Committee on Saturday night elected Fatah's Secretary-General Hussein al-Sheikh as deputy to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas appointed a close aide as the first ever vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Saturday ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has named a veteran aide as his new vice president. The move is seen as an important step towards designating a successor. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday named a veteran aide and confidant as his new vice president. It’s a major step by the aging leader to designate a successor.

Their mission: to allow Mahmoud Abbas, the aging Palestinian Authority president, to appoint a longtime loyalist to a newly minted senior position. On Saturday night, Mr. Abbas formally named ...

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas appointed a close aide as the first ever vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Saturday (April 26, 2025), positioning him as a ...

Abbas, 89, has headed the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) since the death of veteran leader Yasser Arafat in 2004 but he had for years resisted internal ...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen said Nigeria’s democracy must be measured by how much the critical stakeholders are involved in the processes. Addressing a group ...