Mohammed Dahlan, a former Fatah security chief, gestures in his office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October 18, 2016. (Photo: REUTERS/Stringer) Former senior Fatah official Mohammed Dahlan has been increasingly positioning himself as a pro-Western alternative leader to the current Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas when Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza is over.
Abbas, who runs the Fatah faction in the Palestinian Authority (PA) previously ousted Dahlan after he refused to follow Ramallah’s political line. Dahlan stands out with his Western lifestyle and embrace of the West’s outlook on the Middle East.
Unlike the current Abbas-led PA leadership, which embraces fierce anti-Israel rhetoric of “resistance,” Dahlan has refused to praise the Hamas massacre of more than 1,200 Israelis and the kidnapping of some 240 hostages on Oct. 7. This has made Dahlan even less popular among Abbas loyalists and has simultaneously strengthened the politician’s chances of presenting himself as […]
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