Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appoints an assistant deputy news of the Palestinian Authority

Hussein Al -Sheikh is the veteran leader of the Abbas Fatah movement.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas He appointed a nearby assistant As the Vice President, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said.

Wasl Abu Youssef, a member of the Executive Committee of the number, said on Saturday that Hussein Al -Sheikh was appointed “Vice President (Vice President) to lead challenges and lining.”

Abbas, 89, established the position of Deputy Presidency during the thirty -second session of the Palestinian Central Council in Ramallah earlier this week.

During the session, Abbas reaffirmed his commitment to the start of a “comprehensive national dialogue”, which aims to involve “all Palestinian factions to achieve reconciliation and promote national unity.”

Abbas also informed the committee “the upcoming political efforts aimed at stopping the continuous Israeli aggression and the war of genocide in the Gaza Strip.”

This includes a guarantee of rapid entry to humanitarian and medical aid, the full Palestinian rule on Gaza and pressure for the complete Israeli withdrawal of the pocket as a “step towards launching a political process to end the occupation and achieve an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as a capital.”

The appointment follows years of international pressure to reform the Palestine Liberation Organization and comes at a time when the Arab and Western powers imagine a broad role for the Palestinian Authority (PA) in post -war governance in Gaza.

It was established in 1964, which is charged with negotiation and signing international treaties on behalf of the Palestinian people, while the Palestinian Authority is responsible for government in limited parts of the occupied Palestinian territories.

The Palestine Liberation Organization is an umbrella organization that includes several Palestinian factions, but not Hamas and Islamic jihad groups.

The 64 -year -old Sheikh is a veteran leader of the Fatah Abbas movement, who dominates the Palestinian Authority, and is considered close to the president.

Analyst Arif Javal said that the new role was created to pave the way for someone to take matters from Abbas, “because there are many things that the Palestinian situation requires.”

“The Palestinian political system is already miserable, so I think all of these arrangements are an introduction to the creation of a successor to Roubas.”

The PLO Executive Committee is scheduled to hold another meeting next Saturday to appoint a new Secretary -General.