Member of Fatah Central Committee Azzam Al-Ahmad yesterday denied Israeli reports that Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah President Mahmoud Abbas will resign in two months, Al-Khaleej Online reported.
Al-Ahmad stressed that the reports were false, adding that the issue has not been discussed and that Abbas has not reproached the topic.
“The Israeli occupation wanted to cause a state of instability in the internal Palestinian situation by broadcasting such news,” Al-Ahmad said.
He went on to denounce the latest Israeli violations against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
He said that the PA is to hold a meeting to discuss the Israeli violations and to try to put pressure on the occupation in order to “stop its unacceptable escalation against the Palestinians and their national rights.”
Israeli TV Channel One reported that Abbas it to resign within two months adding that the new Secretary of the Fatah Executive Committee and Chief PA Negotiator Saeb Erekat would succeed him.
It also reported that a secret meeting was held between Erekat and the head of the Israeli Negotiating Team Silvan Shalom in Amman five days ago.
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