FILE PHOTO: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looks on as Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh sits next to him as Abbas delivers a speech following the announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump of the Mideast peace plan, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta/File Photo
RAMALLAH, West Bank/GAZA (Reuters) - One man has become the face of the Palestinians' response to the COVID-19 crisis, and it's not President Mahmoud Abbas.
Rather it is Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, an economist-turned-politician whose prominence in tackling the coronavirus has led many Palestinians to predict that he may one day succeed 84-year-old Abbas as president.
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