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Hussein al-Sheikh

This handout picture released by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) shows, (L-R) Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jassim al-Budaiwi, Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah, Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Oman's Deputy Prime Minister for Defense Affairs Shihab bin Tarik Al Said, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Bahrain's King's Personal Representative Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, and the UAE's Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, posing for a group picture during the 2025 Arab-Islamic emergency summit in Doha on September 15, 2025. (Saudi Press Agency / AFP)
February 9, 2026, 6:32 pm
Muslim countries, EU join condemnations of Israeli moves deepening West Bank control
Muslim states, including allies and adversaries, call security cabinet decision illegal and a ‘dangerous escalation’; EU: It’s a ‘step in the wrong direction’
By Nava Freiberg, Leon Kraiem, Noam Lehmann, ToI Staff and AFP
(Right) Hussein al-Sheikh in Ramallah on April 23, 2025 (Zain JAAFAR / AFP) and (left) The United Nations special envoy, Nickolay Mladenov, speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on June 25, 2020. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
January 9, 2026, 9:10 pm
Palestinian Authority VP meets diplomat expected to serve on Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace
Hussein al-Sheikh holds ‘in-depth discussion’ with Nickolay Mladenov on all developments in Palestinian territories; meeting comes day after ex UN envoy met Netanyahu, Herzog
By AFP and Jacob Magid
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Palestinian Authority Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh. (Collage/AP, AFP)
December 18, 2025, 10:14 pm
Huckabee holds rare meeting with PA official to discuss West Bank tensions — officials
Hussein al-Sheikh raises Israeli withholding of Palestinian tax revenues and asks for US envoy’s assistance in securing access to Jerusalem, Bethlehem holy sites for Palestinian Christians
By Jacob Magid
Jared Kushner with his wife Ivanka Trump, acknowledges applause in the Knesset, Oct. 13, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)
December 11, 2025, 1:10 am
Israel released detained Palestinian-American teen after Kushner intervened — sources
Involvement of Trump’s son-in-law comes after he opened communication channel with Abbas deputy to thank PA for helping motion endorsing US Gaza plan through UN Security Council
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron (not in picture) at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 11, 2025. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)
November 15, 2025, 11:56 am
Unpopular and politically weak, PA’s Abbas struggles for a role in Gaza
Palestinian leader, who has not held elections in nearly 2 decades, is sidelined in Strip as critics say he put PA, notorious for corruption, ‘hand-in-hand with Israeli occupation’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A masked member of the Hamas military wing stands guard next to children in the south of Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on October 13, 2025. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)
October 16, 2025, 8:37 pm
Slowed establishment of postwar Gaza government fuels Hamas revival, diplomats warn
Assembling technocratic committee proving difficult task as each stakeholder has own agenda, but absence of alternative is enabling Hamas to fill vacuum left by IDF troops
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa holds a cabinet meeting in Ramallah on July 17, 2025. (PA foreign ministry/X)
July 23, 2025, 12:37 am
Hamstrung PA weighs options as Israel continues to withhold its much-needed funds
Ramallah could halt security cooperation with IDF or declare state of emergency in West Bank, though both those steps may boomerang, highlighting authority’s challenges
By Jacob Magid
Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud attends the Cairo Ministerial Conference to Enhance the Humanitarian Response in Gaza, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
May 30, 2025, 11:13 pm
Israel to block Saudi-led delegation of Middle Eastern ministers from visiting West Bank
Senior Israeli official says Jerusalem won’t cooperate with moves that harm its security, claiming PA’s Abbas was slated to use visit to advance Palestinian statehood
By Jacob Magid
This handout picture released by the Palestinian Authority shows its President Mahmoud Abbas, center, leading prayers next to Palestine Liberation Organization Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh, third left, during a meeting of the organization's Executive Committee in Ramallah on April 26, 2025. (Thaer GHANAIM / PPO / AFP)
May 2, 2025, 9:35 pm
Unpopular on the street, Abbas pick for potential successor may not be heir apparent
Hussein al-Sheikh named deputy PLO head, but the former liaison to Israel lacks public support and has several possible rivals; he’s only been chosen to help out, Abbas aide claims
By Nurit Yohanan
The deputy chairman of the PLO, Hussein al-Sheikh, alongside the chairman, who also serves as President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, April 24, 2025. (X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 29, 2025, 1:44 am
Mahmoud Abbas’s newly anointed deputy to make first diplomatic visit to Saudi Arabia
Aiming to boost his standing among Palestinians and abroad, Hussein al-Sheikh will meet next week with top Saudi officials in preparation for Trump’s high-stakes trip to the region
By Jacob Magid
Secretary-general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Hussein al-Sheikh, attends the 32nd PLO Central Council session in Ramallah on April 23, 2025. (Zain Jaafar/AFP)
April 26, 2025, 9:22 pm
Top Abbas aide Hussein al-Sheikh tapped as first ever PLO vice president
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
By Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
PA President Mahmoud Abbas at the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 24, 2024. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool/AFP)
February 28, 2025, 4:20 am
Feeling heat from Trump to ‘solve’ Gaza, Arab states losing patience with PA’s Abbas
Palestinian Authority president left out of Arab leadership summit in Riyadh, where Gaza was main agenda item; diplomat says regional leaders will abandon Abbas if backed into corner
By Jacob Magid
Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty (C) heads a meeting with ministers from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, where they discuss US President Donald Trump's proposal for Egypt and Jordan to host Palestinians displaced from the Gaza Strip, in Cairo on February 1, 2025. (Khaled Desouki / AFP)
February 4, 2025, 9:47 am
In letter to US, five Arab nations reject transfer of Gazans, urge two-state solution
Foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and UAE, plus Palestinian official, write US Secretary of State Marco Rubio after Trump suggests Gazans be resettled
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses a speech during an extraordinary Parliamentary Meeting on Palestinians, at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP/Ali Unal)
August 19, 2024, 7:37 pm
Abbas said to ask Israel to allow Gaza visit as PA works to line up support for trip
Official request to Tzachi Hanegbi indicates Palestinian leader wants to enter Strip via Israeli crossing and not through Egypt, Walla reports; Netanyahu thought to have final say
By Gianluca Pacchiani and ToI Staff
Egyptian army soldiers guard their side of the Rafah crossing, closed since early May, on July 4, 2024. (Giuseppe Cacace / AFP)
August 11, 2024, 8:42 am
Egypt pushing for Palestinian Authority to take over Gaza’s Rafah Crossing – report
Plan said to be first step in larger move enabling PA to take over other strategic areas of Strip after war against Hamas ends
By ToI Staff
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