Rumored Abbas successor claims ’no partner,‘ while working closely with Israelis – ‘The Palestinian leadership is on the verge of making major and difficult decisions,’ warns Hussein al-Sheikh, the newly appointed secretary general of the PLO Executive Committee | Timesofisrael

RAMALLAH (AP) — Hussein al-Sheikh, a senior Palestinian official increasingly seen as a successor to the 86-year-old President Mahmoud Abbas, says relations with Israel have gotten so bad that Palestinian leaders cannot go on with business as usual.
But even if they are serious this time around, they have few options. And they appear unlikely to do anything that undermines their own limited power in parts of the West Bank, which largely stems from their willingness to cooperate with Israel.