One of the first cracks in the unity of the leading PLO faction appears to have surfaced with Nasser al-Qudwa’s May 6 resignation from the powerful Fatah Central Committee.
Qudwa, a former foreign minister and longtime PLO envoy to the United Nations, had been seen by some as a possible successor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. However, Qudwa was not selected to the PLO’s Executive Committee on the last day of the Palestinian National Council (PNC) meeting on May 3.
