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Abbas foe Dahlan sentenced to 3 years on corruption charge
... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... , to three years in prison for allegedly embezzling $16 million as a Cabinet minister. Dahlan has lived in exile since falling out with Abbas in 2010. He was sentenced in absentia. Since the rift, Abbas has taken a series of steps to block Dahlan's possible return to a West Bank leadership position. Egypt and other Arab states urged Abbas to allow Dahlan's return. Wednesday's ruling came after a constitutional court upheld Abbas' right to strip Dahlan and four of his allies of their parliamentary immunity Posted by: trailing wife 2016-12-15 |
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