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Tension in the Fatah Camp: Russia Received Mahmoud Abbas' Greatest Foe, Mohammed Dahlan
(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Pinhas Inbari - Mohammed Dahlan, a bitter foe of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Nov. 2, 2021. This should not be taken lightly since a strong relationship with Russia is one of the cornerstones of Abbas' policy. Today, one of the stumbling blocks to resuming talks with Israel is Abbas' steadfast denial of the leading role of the U.S. in the peace talks. He seeks to give the Quartet this role, in which Russia would have equal status to the U.S.