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- Mahmoud Abbas
- Yasser Arafat - From agreement to the second intifada of Yasser Arafat
- Palestinian Authority - Domestic affairs, the Gaza Strip, and relations with Hamas
- West Bank - Rule of Mahmoud Abbas under continued occupation
- Palestinian Authority - Administration
- two-state solution - Progress stalled: Sharon , intifada, and Kadima
- Fatah
How did Mahmoud Abbas become president of the Palestinian Authority after Yasser Arafat’s death?
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Palestinian Authority
U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton (center) looking on as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) shakes hands with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat after the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Palestinian Self-Rule, September 1993.
Following the death of Yasser Arafat in November 2004, Mahmoud Abbas was named head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).12
In January 2005, he was elected president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), securing more than 60 percent of the vote to succeed Arafat.12