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In West Bank, Fatah Vote Shows Politics an Old Man's Game

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The recent conference of the ruling Fatah party sent a disheartening message to young Palestinians: Most of those elected to top positions were in their 60s and 70s, signaling that politics under octogenarian President Mahmoud Abbas is an old man's game and that it is unlikely that fresh ideas on winning statehood will emerge from this group of veteran loyalists. Apathy seems widespread among educated Palestinians in their 20s and 30s. Many have given up on trying to break into what...

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