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| Fatah dissident Qaddoumi meets Islamic Jihad chief |
| 2009-11-10 |
| [Ma'an] Dissident Fatah leader Farouq Qaddoumi met with the Secretary General of Islamic Jihad in Damascus on Monday, sources said. Qaddoumi, the head of the PLO political department, is considered a rogue within Fatah and a critic of President Mahmoud Abbas. In July he stirred controversy by accusing Abbas of involvement in a plot to kill his predecessor, Yasser Arafat. The meeting was said to address recent developments in Palestinian affairs, including the rise to power of the current right-wing government in Israel, the crisis in Jerusalem, and the US position on Israeli settlements. They also discussed Egypt's stalled efforts to reunite the disparate Palestinian factions. Shallah was quoted as saying after the meeting, "There is a need to re-direct the Palestinian national project on better foundations in order to build a strong united front and re-activate the role of the PLO as the main representative of Palestinians and their national project." Qaddoumi congratulated Islamic Jihad on the 22nd anniversary of the movement's founding, and praised a speech Shallah gave on the occasion. He also called for increased action to reunite the Palestinian movement. |
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