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The Ageing, Ailing Palestinian Leader Does Not Do Much Governing
(Economist-UK) Once a year or so, the Palestinian president puts out something that resembles a proof-of-life video. At 86, Mahmoud Abbas is the world's fourth-oldest head of state and in the 18th year of a four-year term. He has delegated many of his responsibilities to aides. There have been no direct negotiations with Israel since 2014. Abbas spends a good chunk of time abroad, at his home in Jordan or visiting foreign leaders. His sons, Tareq and Yasser, run an array of businesses in the West Bank, with interests in everything from tobacco to insurance. They are loathed by most Palestinians.