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2016-11-21 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Palestinian leadership may choose Abbas’s successor, and tear itself apart

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Posted by trailing wife 2016-11-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Fatah

#1 UAE should put Dahlan on a sealed camel and send him home.

When did he get out of the Israeli slammer?

Posted by Shipman 2016-11-21 07:14|| 2016-11-21 07:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Dahlan has a long complicated history

He did serve time in Israeli prisons in the 80s when he was in his 20s (he was born in 1961)

He more or less ran Gaza as his own fiefdom for some years before the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Within Fatah, which is known for stealthy corruption, Dahlan was considered one of the most 'honest' thieves in that he admitted what he stole (which was considerable) and what he took in bribes.

His troops were quickly crushed by Hamas during the Fatah-Hamas conflict of 2007 and he eventually wound up in exile in the Gulf States. He and Abbas are former friends who became bitter enemies and, I think, are still enemies today.

Posted by lord garth 2016-11-21 11:01|| 2016-11-21 11:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Thanks LG, I am confusing him with someone else, name starts with a B I think, still in the slammer and subject to countless negotiations.

Posted by Shipman 2016-11-21 12:59|| 2016-11-21 12:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Barghouti?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-11-21 13:01|| 2016-11-21 13:01|| Front Page Top

#5 I agree. Barghouti. The popular choice to succeed Abbas, except that he is serving a life -- or very long -- sentence in an Israeli prison.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-11-21 14:34|| 2016-11-21 14:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Almost sounds like the Pirahna Brothers... "Born on probation..."

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-11-21 16:07|| 2016-11-21 16:07|| Front Page Top

#7 I thought ~~Herb Tarlick~~ Mo Dahlan and his horrible 70's plaid jackets had left the building?

Posted by Frank G 2016-11-21 21:38|| 2016-11-21 21:38|| Front Page Top

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