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July 18, 2013       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/in-rare-scathing-article-prominent-fatah-member-calls-abbas-tyrant-and-dictator.premium-1.535449

Fatah Leader Calls Abbas a "Tyrant" and a "Dictator"

(Ha'aretz) Amir Oren - Dr. Sufian Abu Zaida, a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council and a lecturer in political science at Al-Quds University, published an article on several prominent Palestinian websites describing Mahmoud Abbas as an authoritarian ruler who hoards all power to himself. "He is chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization and president of the State of Palestine and president of the Palestinian Authority, and he is also head of the Fatah movement and the general commander of the [security] forces, and due to the disruption of the activity of the Legislative Council, his [presidential] orders become law." Abu Zaida mentions former Palestinian police commander Ghazi al-Jabali, who was accused of a major embezzlement of public funds and vanished from the West Bank. A month and a half ago, he returned and the charges against him were dropped by the president's office.

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