After the Gaza war ends, new Palestinian leaders are needed who could helm a future independent state, opposition figure Nasser al-Kidwa, the nephew of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, told AFP. They should also seek a "peaceful divorce" with 88-year-old Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, who should assume a purely ceremonial role, argued Kidwa, a former Palestinian foreign minister.Since the start of the Gaza war, Kidwa has met Hamas leaders at the group's political office in Qatar.