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Monday, June 26, 2017
Palestinian news agency: Leaked document says Muhammad Dahlan to become leader in Gaza Strip

Leaked document says Muhammad Dahlan to become leader in Gaza Strip
June 26, 2017 9:53 P.M. (Updated: June 26, 2017 10:14 P.M.)
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=777807

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Amid an escalating conflict between Hamas and the
Fatah-ruled Palestinian Authority (PA), a leaked and unconfirmed document
obtained by Ma’an has noted that discharged Fatah leader and President
Mahmoud Abbas' political rival Muhammad Dahlan could be appointed head of
Gaza’s government as a result of talks between Hamas officials and Dahlan in
Cairo.

The document, titled “A National Consensus Document for Trust-Building”
details an agreement allegedly made between the Hamas movement, led by Hamas
leader Yahya Sinwar, and Dahlan during Egyptian-sponsored talks when
Palestinian officials established a political front to challenge the PA in
coordination with Dahlan.

Dahlan, being a fierce former opponent of Hamas' rule in Gaza following its
success in the 2006 elections that threw Fatah and Hamas in a protracted
internal conflict, seemed like an unlikely political ally for Hamas.
Nevertheless, analysts have pointed out that the new relationship between
the former enemies represents Dahlan and Hamas’ mutual rejection of the PA,
led by Abbas in the occupied West Bank.

The document contains 15 articles focused on ending the issues of
Palestinian reconciliation, including articles aiming to resolve issues of
revenge or compensation that have arisen during Hamas and Fatah's more than
a decade-long feud.

According to the document, the talks agreed that Dahlan would be head of the
government in the Gaza Strip, while Hamas would control Gaza’s Ministry of
Interior.

The reports have not been confirmed by Hamas or Dahlan.

Hamas’ newfound relationship with Dahlan also received attention following
Egypt’s decision to send millions of liters of fuel to the besieged Gaza
Strip, after Israel, which has kept the territory under a crippling blockade
for a decade, dramatically cut its power supply to Gaza, at the request of
the PA which had decided to cut its funding of Israeli fuel to the coastal
enclave.

Despite the PA denying the allegations, it is widely believed among
Palestinians and international critics that the PA’s recent policies in Gaza
are aimed at putting pressure on Hamas to relinquish control of the besieged
coastal enclave and hand over the territory to the PA.

Dahlan, who while residing in exile in Abu Dhabi continues to hold political
clout in the region, had reportedly persuaded the Egyptian government to
send the fuel to the besieged territory in order to avert a full
humanitarian collapse.

However, other reports stated that the fuel was provided to Gaza under an
agreement that Hamas would work with the Egyptian government to deter
militant activities in the Sinai, which Hamas has been accused of
exacerbating by harboring militants in its territory. Hamas has consistently
denied such allegations.

In the 1990s, Dahlan led a merciless crackdown on Hamas, rounding up
thousands of Islamists who refused to recognize the legitimacy of the
newly-created PA following the Oslo Accords.

But he fell from grace in June 2007 after the humiliating rout of his forces
by Hamas fighters during days of fierce street battles in Gaza, when Hamas
expelled Fatah forces from the territory.

Two years later, he returned to the political stage when he was elected to
the Fatah central committee in August 2009.

But in December 2010, he was suspended from the committee which said it had
set up a commission of inquiry to examine his finances and claimed he tried
to set up a personal militia.

Dahlan was also accused by Fatah leaders in 2011 of poisoning the late
Yasser Arafat.

In 2015, Dahlan made headlines once again when he called for integrating all
Palestinian factions, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, into the
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO).

Dahlan has also called to end the PA's widely criticized security
coordination with Israel, and has said he now considers the Oslo Accords to
be invalid.

International media has also reported plans by several Middle Eastern
countries to buttress Dahlan as the next Palestinian president to replace
his rival Abbas.

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