Baroud in Al Jazeera: The Hamas-Dahlan Deal
Mohammed Dahlan, a Fatah commander who was defeated by Hamas in 2007. (Photo: File)
“We have made mutual efforts with our brothers in Hamas to restore hope for Gaza’s heroic people,” Mohammed Dahlan told Palestinian legislators gathering in Gaza on Thursday, July 27. He spoke via satellite from his current exile in the United Arab Emirates.
The audience clapped. True, Gaza has been pushed to the brink of humiliation so that its truly heroic people may lose hope. But the fact that it was Dahlan that uttered these words appeared odd. More bizarre is the fact that his audience included top members of Hamas.
Dahlan, who had once been praised by George W Bush and was chosen by neoconservatives to lead a coup against the… https://t.co/oiXAizDP6s
— Ramzy Baroud (@RamzyBaroud) July 31, 2017
Dahlan, who had once been praised by George W Bush and was chosen by neoconservatives to lead a coup against the elected Hamas government in Gaza in 2007, seems to have finally managed to sneak his way back to Palestinian politics. Outrageously, however, Dahlan’s ominous return is facilitated by no other group than his archenemy, Hamas.
It is convenient to blame such dramatic changes of attitude on the nature of politics, ever selfish, “pragmatic” and often brutal.
But it is far more complex, and tragic than such a truism.
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