The dominant Palestinian party, Fatah, plans on holding internal elections next August — its first elections in twenty years. They apparently need ten months to prepare.
The last time Fatah held internal elections, Michael Jackson’s Thriller topped the charts, Michael Jordan was drafted by the Chicago Bulls, and the UK celebrated the birth of Prince Harry. Jackson went on to great fame, Jordan established himself as the most recognized athlete of his generation, and Prince Harry’s in his “gap year” before military training at Sandhurst. Meanwhile, Fatah’s leadership has ossified, creating tensions between “old guard” and “young guard.”
