ُIn a rare statement, exiled Fatah strongman Mohammad Dahlan has praised Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in the US presidential elections.
“Joe Biden’s victory in the American presidential elections is a positive development, which will put an end to the many dangers of the Trump-Netanyahu alliance to the Palestinian cause, as well as providing new horizons to the path of a new peace based on the two-state solution as Biden promised personally during the campaign,” Dahlan writes on Twitter.
Dahlan, a former Gaza security chief, is seen as a key rival of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. He has lived in the UAE since 2011, when he fled the West Bank after losing an internal power struggle, and is seen as a close advisor to Crown Prince Mohammad bin Zayed.
Dahlan utilizes his congratulatory message to reiterate his long-standing demand for reform in the Palestinian Authority.
“The end of Trump’s danger is not enough. It is upon us first of all to deal with the internal defects and end [political] division and elect legitimate leaders and frameworks who can confront changing developments,” he says.
— Aaron Boxerman
Mohammed Dahlan gestures as he speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on January 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)
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