Congressional delegates vote using secret ballots. The once secretive liberation movement published the names of its delegates to the Nov. 29 congress, giving the world a glimpse at the next crop of Fatah leaders. The most prominent feature of the list was its exclusion of renegade Fatah leader Mohammed Dahlan and his supporters. One delegate, Uri Davis, an Israeli Jew, was elected to the Revolutionary Council during the sixth congress in 2009. The deputy head of the Palestinian journalists union told Al-Monitor that he is opposed to transforming Fatah into a party. The successful convening and conclusion of the congress will provide Abbas with an honorable platform to exit the political scene and put in place a generation of younger, more pragmatic and more energetic Palestinian leaders.