Son of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas elected to top Fatah body | Fatah News
Businessman Yasser Abbas, 64, secured a place on the central committee despite spending most of his time in Canada. Published On 17 May 202617 May 2026 The son of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has secured a seat on Fatah’s highest leadership body, as initial results emerged from the movement’s first Congress in the occupied West Bank in a decade. The three-day Eighth General Conference in Ramallah, which began on Thursday and finished on Sunday, came as Fatah faces existential challenges following Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Yasser Abbas, 64, a businessman who spends most of his time in Canada, joins the central committee after being appointed around five years ago as his father’s “special representative”. With several existing members retaining their seats, the Congress’s outcome was already being criticised. Marwan Barghouti, a popular Palestinian leader held in Israeli prison since 2002, retained his seat on the committee with the highest number of votes, according to figures seen by the AFP news agency. Jibril Rajoub was re-elected as …
