BETHLEHEM, West Bank: Polling officials say the Palestinian Fatah movement has elected a slate of younger leaders to its highest body at its first conference in 20 years.
The results of the vote will show whether Fatah — the West’s best hope for eventually delivering a peace deal with Israel — has succeeded in reinvigorating the movement by bringing in new faces.
Early results show that at least 13 of the 18 elected members of Fatah’s Central Committee are from the movement’s younger generation. Four other members will be appointed by the Palestinian president, also a Central Committee member.
The officials declined to be named before official results are announced.