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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 466

Nasser al-Kidwa

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, chairs a session of the weekly cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, April 29, 2019 (Majdi Mohammed / AP)
February 27, 2024, 1:13 pm
‘Cosmetic’ PA reshuffle seen as bid by Abbas to hold power, avoid demanded reforms
Ramallah’s new prime minister is likely to be another loyalist to the PA president, who appears to be trying to preempt US pressure for structural changes to revitalize the body
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Nasser al-Kidwa, right, former minister for foreign affairs of the Palestinian Authority, in Gaza City on September 24, 2022. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
September 27, 2022, 2:09 am
Arafat’s nephew returns to Gaza, mounting challenge against aging, unpopular Abbas
Nasser al-Kidwa builds support in terror-ruled Strip, calling Palestinian Authority ‘totalitarian’ and destructive, as PA’s rule appears increasingly tenuous
By AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses a rare meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Central Council, on February 6, 2021. (WAFA)
February 9, 2022, 11:15 am
As Abbas packs PLO with loyalists, succession struggle looms in Palestinian politics
The PA president appears to be backing rise of Hussein al-Sheikh, who has good ties with Israel, but critics decry backroom deals, saying next leader must be chosen by elections
By Aaron Boxerman
PA President Mahmoud Abbas attends a leadership meeting at his headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on September 3, 2020. (Alaa Badarneh/Pool Photo via AP)
February 3, 2022, 10:17 pm
PLO to fill key posts as Abbas succession struggle heats up
Executive committee position left vacant by former chief negotiator Erekat will likely be taken by Hussein al-Sheikh, seen as possible successor to long-ruling PA president, 86
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas casts his vote in Fatah elections at the Muqataa, the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the city of Ramallah, on December 3, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI)
November 10, 2021, 7:21 pm
After national vote nixed, PA seeks legitimacy in local elections
With a 2-part structure that starts with Fatah strongholds and leaves contested cities for later, ballots are seen by some as just an attempt to hush increasingly loud critics
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian police prevent demonstrators from gathering in the West Bank city of Ramallah ahead of a planned protest against the Palestinian Authority on July 5, 2021 (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
July 6, 2021, 5:09 am
Over a dozen Palestinians arrested ahead of rally as PA crackdown widens
Palestinian Authority PM Shtayyeh later orders release of all those detained at Ramallah protest, the latest sparked by death of government critic
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinians wave national flags during a protest against normalization of ties between the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain with Israel, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, September 15, 2020. (Majdi Mohammed/AP)
June 1, 2021, 7:01 am
Palestinians happy to see Netanyahu go, but fear more of the same in Bennett
In Ramallah, opposition politicians say a ‘change government,’ if it comes to pass, would be anything but that for the Palestinians
By Aaron Boxerman
PA President Mahmoud Abbas attends a leadership meeting at his headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on September 3, 2020. (Alaa Badarneh/Pool Photo via AP)
April 4, 2021, 8:52 pm
36 Palestinian lists approved to run in May legislative elections
Apart from Fatah and Hamas, notable slates include factions backed by convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti, exiled Abbas rival Dahlan
By AFP and ToI Staff
Nasser al-Kidwa arrives at the Central Elections Committee in Ramallah to present a list of candidates for the Palestinian legislative elections in May (Screenshot: Al-Jazeera)
March 31, 2021, 9:10 pm
In major challenge to Abbas, Barghouti, Arafat nephew form joint slate for vote
Shakeup could severely weaken Fatah and help its rivals in Hamas terror group, raises chances election will be nixed; former PA prime minister Fayyad registers his own list
By Aaron Boxerman
Nasser al-Qudwa, a member of Fatah's Central Committee and the nephew of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, addresses a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on January 23, 2019, against a backdrop showing Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock mosque, to comment on a decision by an Israeli court to issue a temporary lien for a plot of land belonging to Arafat in East Jerusalem. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
March 4, 2021, 3:56 pm
In blow to Abbas, senior Fatah official to form separate bloc to run in election
Nasser al-Qidwa, a member of Fatah’s powerful central committee and Yasser Arafat’s nephew, has long been an Abbas critic; says he hopes the imprisoned Barghouti will head his bloc
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian protesters burn the US and Israeli flags in Gaza City on December 6, 2017, ahead of US President Donald Trump's speech regarding Jerusalem. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
December 6, 2017, 7:36 pm
Ahead of Trump’s Jerusalem speech, Fatah says protests should be peaceful
Palestinians call for UN Security Council to condemn Trump; Abbas to deliver televised statement directly after US president finishes his remarks
By Dov Lieber
Mahmoud al-Aloul, vice chairman of the Central Committee of Fatah. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
February 16, 2017, 12:16 pm
Fatah picks first-ever deputy for Abbas, sidelines Barghouti
Appointment of Mahmoud al-Aloul could put him in line to take over Palestinian leadership. Or not
By Dov Lieber and Avi Issacharoff
President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas, center, casts his vote at the Muqataa, the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the city of Ramallah the West Bank, December 3, 2016. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
December 4, 2016, 6:03 pm
At Fatah congress, Rajoub — and Abbas — walk away with big wins
In pulling off conference without a hitch and sidelining rival Dahlan, PA president has good reason to be pleased… for now
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinian students supporting the Fatah movement wave both their national and the movement's flag during an election campaign rally for the student council at Birzeit University, near the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 26, 2016 / AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI
November 20, 2016, 3:23 pm
Palestinian leadership may choose Abbas’s successor, and tear itself apart
An imminent Fatah congress in Ramallah will shape the future of the Palestinian movement, laying bare its rivalries and its rifts
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Mohammad Dahlan, left, leave a news conference in Egypt, in February 2007. (AP/Amr Nabil)
October 30, 2016, 11:42 am
Abbas-Dahlan rivalry is a Palestinian soap opera with immense implications
The PA president has been meeting with the leaders of Turkey, Qatar and Hamas — perhaps because his friends are abandoning him
By Avi Issacharoff
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