Palestinian Authority Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein a-Sheikh announced that he had met tonight with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and discussed with him some political and bilateral issues.
He said he stressed the need for a political horizon between the two sides based on international legitimacy.
Prior to this announcement, the Minister of Civil Affairs updated that tomorrow (Monday) 500 names of additional Palestinian families will be announced who will receive identity cards and their status will be determined, following understandings between Defense Minister Bnei Gantz and Palestinian Authority Chairman Abu Mazen.
Al-Sheikh recently said that the Israeli government had rejected an official request from the Palestinian Authority to visit the terrorist Nasser Abu Hamir, who is serving a prison sentence for involvement in terrorist attacks in the second intifada, and is currently ill with video.
Al-Sheikh said at the time that the PA placed full responsibility for his life on Israel and called on international institutions to put pressure on Israel on the issue.
The Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar recently reported that as Fatah's eighth conference approached, and the movement was preparing to unilaterally reorganize the PLO, the two senior officials - Hussein a-Sheikh and Majed Faraj - took further steps. Towards tightening their control over senior positions in Fatah and the PLO.
This is in preparation for the succession of Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (86), with the deliberate push to the margins of Jibril Rajoub and Marwan Barghouti, and preparations for changing the chairman's election in a situation where general elections cannot be held.
This month in the Fatah Central Committee, a-Sheikh was elected for the first time as a representative on the PLO Executive Committee.
The committee reaffirmed confidence in Abbas as head of the movement and as head of the Executive Committee and the "State of Palestine."
According to Fatah sources who spoke with al-Akhbar, the appointment of a-Sheikh came as part of agreements between him and intelligence chief Majd Faraj, ahead of taking control of Fatah and the Palestinian Authority, and blocking the path to a friend's ambitions. Central Committee, Jibril Rajoub.
According to sources, this move is a prelude to the removal of Marwan Barghouti's supporters from the eighth conference, which is expected to take place at the end of March.
In the election, a-Sheikh was appointed a member of the Executive Committee, thus opening the door for him to the post of Secretary General of the Executive Committee that was vacated with the death of Saeb Erekat last year, as a result of contracting the corona virus.
According to the report, this role will pave the way for the non-sheikh to take command of the political portfolio in the PA and the PLO after Abbas' death, while the security portfolio will remain under the protection of Majed Faraj, following his takeover of the security apparatus and leadership of the movement. In the West Bank.
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