Palestinian president to create vice president position, grant amnesty

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting in the Occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on October 24, 2023 [Christophe Ena/POOL/AFP via Getty Images]

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said today that he will create the position of vice president and issue a general amnesty for all dismissed members from his Fatah movement.

“We have decided to create and appoint a vice president for the umbrella Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the State of Palestine,” Abbas said at an emergency Arab summit in Egypt on the Gaza reconstruction.

“In our commitment to the unity of the Fatah movement, we have decided to grant a general amnesty to all dismissed members of Fatah.”

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