Editing Palestine Liberation Organization (section)

====2015 struggle for power====
{{see also|Politics of the Palestinian National Authority}}
With a ''de facto'' defunct parliament and Executive, Mahmoud Abbas increasingly gained exclusive powers within both PLO and [[Palestinian National Authority|PA]], as well as in [[Fatah]]. After the announcement in August 2015 of Abbas' resignation as [[Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization|Chairman of the Executive Committee]] and of nine other members as well, many Palestinians saw the move as just an attempt to replace some members in the executive committee, or to force a meeting of the PNC and remain in their jobs until the PNC decides whether to accept or to reject their resignations.<ref name=jp_purported>[http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Purported-Abbas-resignation-from-PLO-Executive-Committee-ridiculed-as-silly-show-413006 ''Purported Abbas resignation from PLO Executive Committee ridiculed as ′silly show′'']. Khaled Abu Toameh, Jerusalem Post, 23 August 2015</ref><ref name=reuters_heats>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-abbas-idUSKCN0QW14B20150827#4Qc7e4CCci6BkWJM.97 ''Abbas heats up Palestinian politics in PLO reshuffle bid'']. Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali Sawafta, Reuters, 27 August 2015</ref> Met with fierce criticism by many Palestinian factions, a session of the PNC, who had to approve the resignations, was postponed indefinitely.<ref name=maan_postponed>[https://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=767521 ''PNC chair confirms controversial session postponed'']. Ma'an News Agency, 9 September 2015</ref>