The Unpopular and Politically Weak 90-Year-Old Palestinian Leader Struggles for a Role in Gaza

The Associated Press
10:41 JST,
November 16, 2025
CAIRO (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas turns 90 on Saturday, still holding authoritarian power in tiny pockets of the West Bank, but marginalized and weakened by Israel, deeply unpopular among Palestinians, and struggling for a say in a postwar Gaza Strip.
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