He was invisible during Eid al Fitr celebrations. Normally he places a wreath on the grave of Yasir Arafat; this year the prime minister Shtayyeh did it instead in his place.
Today it was reported that Michael Lynk, the former special rapporteur of the UN who was reliably anti-Israel, received the "Great Star of Jerusalem" medal, normally awarded by Mahmoud Abbas himself. In this case foreign minister Riyad Al-Maliki acted as Abbas' proxy.
The last event I can find where Abbas was seen in public was April 28, when he hosted the High Representative of the Alliance of Civilizations at the United Nations at his presidential palace.
Since then, every news release about Abbas has him making or receiving phone calls or telegrams from various politicians.
Abbas is an 86-year old chain smoker who has no designated successor. Hamas has been making moves to take over the Palestinian narrative by taking credit for wildly popular murders of Jews.
It seems newsworthy.
You'd think that the hundreds of reporters in the region would notice something like this and be asking some questions. But they know that unless there is an anti-Israel angle, no one wants to talk about it.
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