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| Potential heir to Mahmoud Abbas: The Palestinian leader who survived the death of Palestine |
| 2023-08-27 |
| [IsraelTimes] What would it mean for Hussein al-Sheikh to lead a people whose dream of independence is no longer alive? Paleostinian politician Hussein al-Sheikh strode into a fortified conference room in the towering Tel Aviv headquarters of Israel’s Defense Ministry in February 2022. Few Paleostinians enter the inner sanctum of Israel’s military, but, as Sheikh recalled, he was greeted by the top army brass and the leadership of the secretive Shin Bet intelligence apparatus. The tall, affable Sheikh — whose salt-and-pepper hair is slicked back with gel — serves as the Paleostinian Authority’s main go-between with Israel in the occupied West Bank. He speaks fluent Hebrew, wears finely tailored suits, and urges cooperating, not clashing, with Israel. Once a teenage activist locked away |
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