Palestinian militant leader Zakaria Zubeidi is back in headlines as Fatah tightens leadership succession amid Barghouti’s CC prominence. Once Jenin anti-Israel figure, ex-Al-Aqsa chief.
Fatah has held its three-day Eighth General Conference in Ramallah and has re-elected Mahmoud Abbas as movement head while voting for a new central committee. Marwan Barghouti has topped the vote, Jibril Rajoub and Hussein Al‑Sheikh have retained senior posts, and Yasser Abbas has won a seat on the central committee.