text: Fatah names former PM Abbas as candidate for PA chairman The Fatah central committee on Sunday named former Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas as its candidate for chairman of the Palestinian Authority, to replace the late Yasser Arafat.
inputs: Fatah names former PM Abbas as candidate for PA chairman The Fatah central committee on Sunday named former Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas as its candidate for chairman of the Palestinian Authority, to replace the late Yasser Arafat.