Yesterday, rumors were going around that PA President Mahmoud Abbas had died.
Unverified reports that Palestinian Prez Abbas is dead… https://t.co/zzyn3ugov7
— Adam Kredo (@Kredo0) June 23, 2017
I was offline at the time, but had I heard it, I may have speculated he had a heart attack after his meeting with Jared Kushner.
Alas, it was not true. He is alive and spritely.
A Palestinian source in Abbas' office: He's not dead. He's at home in Ramallah waiting for Iftar. Dahlan's people are spreading rumors. https://t.co/jF00mOntYm
— Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي (@NTarnopolsky) June 23, 2017
Ok, maybe not spritely.
In the meantime, it sounds like chances of an Abbas-Dahlan conciliation might be the thing that is dead.