(MENAFN) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas kept a strong grip on his Fatah movement in an election in which his loyalists remained dominant in its top decision-making body, final results showed on Sunday.
In detail, the outcome of the voting, held on Saturday during the first congress of Abbas's Fatah party in seven years, signalled no change in a policy of pursuing a two-state solution with Israel, Palestinian political analysts said.
The meeting came at a challenging time for the 81-year-old leader, following Donald Trump's election in the United States, an event many Israelis see favourable for settlement-building on occupied land Palestinians seek for their own state. Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have been stalled since 2014.
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