West Bank & Jerusalem
Abbas prepares punishment for Fatah leaders boycotting central committee meetings
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has directed his advisers and inner circle to begin preparing a series of sanctions against prominent Fatah movement leaders Mahmoud Aloul and Jibril Rajoub, Shehab Wire reported. The disciplinary measures stem from the two figures' continued boycott of Fatah's central committee meetings.
Informed sources said the boycott marked the third consecutive occasion on which Aloul and Rajoub absented themselves from the gatherings. Abbas views their repeated absence as an act of defiance against his leadership, prompting the decision to move forward with formal punishment. The tensions underscore deepening divisions within Fatah's upper ranks over questions of authority and party discipline.
