How Oct. 7 Attack Led Abbas to Reshape the Palestinian Authority

Soon after becoming Palestinian Authority president in 2005, Mahmoud Abbas met Fatah cadres in Bethlehem. They had accused a particular official of corruption over his support for Israeli projects. Abbas asked for any evidence so he could hold the official to account at once. His message was clear: he had come to reform the authority, which he too had accused of corruption as prime minister. And h