A Palestinian court has sentenced an exiled rival of President Mahmoud Abbas to two years in jail for insulting state institutions, raising pressure on Mohammad Dahlan after months of mutual recriminations. The court ruling was dated March 6, but the verdict was only published in a West Bank newspaper on Wednesday. There was no immediate comment from Dahlan, who lives in the Gulf. Once a prominent official in Abbass Western-backed Fatah movement, Dahlan was ousted from the group in 2011 following accusations of corruption. He always asserted his innocence and remains a powerful figure on the sidelines, seen by supporters as a possible successor to the ageing Abbas. The court ruling said Palestinian officials, including a top security leader, had accused Dahlan of defamation for what they said was his description of Palestinian security forces in the West Bank as guards serving only to protect Israeli settlers. The court said Dahlan had also defamed Abbas by accusing him of manipulating the Palestinian Authority, which has limited autonomy in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. It was not immediately clear if the Palestinian government would ask Abu Dhabi to extradite Dahlan, who enjoys relative support in some Arab capitals, including Cairo. Perhaps concerned by his growing international influence, Abbas launched a scathing attack on Dahlan in March, accusing him of involvement in six murders and hinting he might have been behind the 2004 death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Dahlan hit back in a lengthy interview on Egyptian television, branding Abbas a catastrophe for Palestinians. http://english.alarabiya.net/en/New...ail-term-to-exiled-Fatah-official-Dahlan.html If a Palestinian Bedouin calls Abbas a catastrophe for Palestinians... let's put him in jail ?. Blahhhh
Funny how anti=zionists and pro palestinians never talk about the fact that dissent and differing opinions on strategy and the future of palestinian nationalism are not tolerated. It sorta skips their attention that there is no vocal palestinian for peace movement in the territories calling for new tactics and compromise. Its as if they would have us believe that all palestinians are united under a single (check that now double) political philosophy despite the alphabet soup of political and religous goup members of the PLO.
bit of a broken record there MGB. Its not like the Israelis have a rather large wall of lies and misrepresenations themselves. Granted not nearly as high as the palestinians and their partisans, but neither side wears a white hat.
Lol.. you are soooooo out of the picture. I know it's the easiest way to maintain a certain neutrality, but Palestinian Lie is hundreds of percent higher than the other side. You should take a ride in Gaza and Ramallah and understand the evil they teach their children. It's like here in the UK, Muslims try to force their Shariah on us. Why Europians are starting to vote for right-wing parties ? All of them are wrong ? Probably not.
Like I said, Israelis have lied as well. You might be interested in what some of the Israeli schools teach their children. Your comments about europe and right wing parties is irrelevant to the discussion. Notwithstanding, Is anyone surprised that a significant % of the "home of the white man" is racist and bigoted? given history you'd have to be pretty damn ignorant to think otherwise.
