The 81-year-old Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, was given a clean bill of health on Thursday following an emergency heart procedure after suffering exhaustion and chest pains. Dr. Mohammed al-Batrawi, a heart specialist who treated Abbas, said he ordered the president to the hospital for testing after Abbas felt tired and experienced chest pains at his office. The Palestinians are now divided between two governments, Abbas' Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and the Hamas government in Gaza. Attempts at reconciliation have repeatedly failed, and this week the Palestinians called off plans to hold municipal elections in the two territories. Under Palestinian law, the parliament speaker is supposed to take over if the president is incapacitated or dies.

Source: Fox News October 06, 2016 12:13 UTC