Who is Hussein al-Sheikh, the newly appointed deputy to PLO’s Abbas? | PLO News

The Fatah veteran, who spent more than 10 years in Israeli jails in the 1970s and 1980s, is seen as a successor to Mahmoud Abbas.

Hussein al-Sheikh, a relatively unknown Fatah veteran and former prisoner in Israel, has been chosen as deputy chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and vice president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), positioning him as a potential successor to ageing President Mahmoud Abbas.

The appointment of al-Sheikh to the two positions follows years of…