Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has appointed Mohammed Mustafa, a long-trusted adviser on economic affairs, as prime minister, the official Wafa news agency said on Thursday. Mustafa's appointment ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appointed his longtime economic adviser to be the next prime minister of the Palestinian Authority and has tasked him with forming a new ...

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Muhammad Mustafa has long been an adviser to President Mahmoud Abbas. Critics are skeptical he can produce the “revitalized Palestinian Authority” that Washington wants. By Steven Erlanger and Adam ...