FILE – In this June 15, 2011 file photo, former West Bank security chief, Jibril Rajoub, who now heads the Palestinian Football Federation and Olympic Committee, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah. New rumors about Mahmoud Abbas¹ purported health problems have drawn attention to the lack of a designated successor or orderly method for choosing one. Aides to the 80-year-old Palestinian leader have dismissed the rumors as baseless, but behind the scenes the battle for succession is intensifying. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)
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