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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas gestures after delivering a speech on the second day of the Seventh Fatah Congress at the Muqataa, the PA headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 30 November. Abbas addressed his party’s first congress since 2009 as he contends with internal dissent and grim prospects for realizing a Palestinian state. (Shadi Hatem /APA images)

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas gestures after delivering a speech on the second day of the Seventh Fatah Congress at the Muqataa, the PA headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 30 November. Abbas addressed his party’s first congress since 2009 as he contends with internal dissent and grim prospects for realizing a Palestinian state. (Shadi Hatem /APA images)

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas gestures after delivering a speech on the second day of the Seventh Fatah Congress at the Muqataa, the PA headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 30 November. Abbas addressed his party’s first congress since 2009 as he contends with internal dissent and grim prospects for realizing a Palestinian state. (Shadi Hatem /APA images)