RAMALLAH: Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement is due on Thursday to elect a new central committee for the first time in 10 years, as it faces existential challenges in the wake of the Gaza war. During the three-day general conference, the movement will vote on the central committee, its highest leadership body, even as analysts warn of Fatah’s diminishing legitimacy in the face of endemic corruption and its lack of progress on Palestinian statehood — especially amid an intensified Israeli settlement drive.

Congresso a Ramallah tra crisi e richieste di riforma

The Fatah party of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is due to elect a new central committee for the first time in 10 years. The vote will take place during the movement’s…