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Palestinians Weigh Calls for Successor to Mahmoud Abbas

(Financial Times-UK) John Reed - As PA President Mahmoud Abbas turns 79 in less than a month, Palestinians are broaching the sensitive topic of who will succeed him. The PA's ruling Fatah movement has held discussions on creating an office of vice-president to establish a clear successor. "All of the world's leaders have deputy presidents, vice-presidents; we can't be the only country in the world that doesn't have a number two," said Tawfiq Tirawi, a member of Fatah's central committee.

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