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2025-04-27 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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Top Abbas aide Hussein al-Sheikh tapped as first ever PLO vice president
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[IsraelTimes] Hussein al-Sheikh, who is known for his close ties with Israel and US, gets boost in succession battle for control over the Palestinian Authority when its 89-year-old incumbent leader dies
The Paleostine Liberation Organization on Saturday announced the appointment of a top aide to Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....>
as its first-ever vice president.
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Hussein al-Sheikh currently serves as secretary-general of the Executive Committee, the PLO’s senior and most limited body, and is known for his close ties with Israel and the United States.
His elevation to deputy head of the PLO Executive Committee is expected to strengthen his position in the succession battle for control over the PA when the 89-year-old Abbas dies.
In his new post, al-Sheikh will also be referred to as the vice president of the State of Paleostine, which the Paleostinians hope will one day receive full international recognition.
The selection of al-Sheikh as vice president came two days after the PLO announced the creation of the office, as Abbas seeks greater relevance and a role in postwar planning for the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
Strip after having been largely sidelined by the ongoing Israel-Hamas
 ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
war.
Analyst Aref Jaffal said the new role was created to pave the way for someone to take the reins from Abbas, "as there are many things the Paleostinian situation requires."
"The Paleostinian political system is already miserable, so I believe that all these arrangements are a prelude to creating a successor to Abbas," Jaffal, the director of the al-Marsad Election Monitoring Center, told AFP.
Born in the West Bank city of Ramallah, al-Sheikh, 64, is among Abbas’s closest aides and confidants. He is responsible for civilian affairs, making him one of the Paleostinian Authority’s most powerful figures and the primary contact with Israel.
Al-Sheikh spent 11 years in Israeli prisons in his youth, where he learned Hebrew, and is a veteran of the Paleostinian security forces — experiences that could give him credibility with Paleostinian security figures and the broader public.
His office is responsible for arranging coveted travel permits allowing Paleostinians to enter Israel for work and medical care. This gives him tremendous influence over everyday Paleostinians and his political rivals, who rely on him to maintain their own VIP privileges.
It has also made him a controversial figure. As Israel has deepened its control over the West Bank, the PA is seen as ineffective, corrupt and serving as a subcontractor for Israel. al-Sheikh is one of the most prominent symbols of this system.
In a 2022 interview with The News Agency that Dare Not be Named, he said he had no choice but to cooperate with Israel to help the Paleostinians in difficult circumstances.
While unpopular at home, al-Sheikh could benefit from the international connections he has made over the years.
Though the appointment as vice president makes him the front-runner to succeed Abbas, the job is not guaranteed. Abbas still has authority over his vice president and can fire him if he is unhappy with his performance.
If Abbas dies or becomes incapacitated, al-Sheikh would only move into the presidency in a caretaker role. The PLO’s executive committee will ultimately need to choose a permanent successor.
Filled with rivals and other contenders for the presidency, there is no guarantee the committee will line up behind al-Sheikh.
The PLO is the internationally recognized representative of the Paleostinian people and oversees the Western-backed Paleostinian Authority, which exercises limited autonomy in less than half of the West Bank. The two entities have become increasingly synonymous over the past two decades as Abbas has led them both after being democratically elected in 2005.
After taking over following the 2004 death of veteran leader Yasser Arafat, the chain-smoking Abbas has clung to power since his mandate expired in 2009, while refusing to hold elections and not naming a successor. Polls in recent years have shown plummeting support for him and his Fatah party, while the terror group Hamas has increased in popularity.
Western and Arab donor countries have demanded reforms in the PA for it to play a role in postwar Gaza. The authority is deeply unpopular and faces long-standing allegations of corruption and poor governance. Appointing an heir apparent could be aimed at appeasing his critics.
Hamas, which won the last national elections for the Paleostinian Legislative Council in 2006, is not in the PLO. Hamas seized control of Gaza from Abbas’s forces in 2007, and reconciliation attempts between the rivals have repeatedly failed.
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