|
2021-03-05 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
|
|
In blow to Abbas, senior Fatah official to form separate bloc to run in election
|
 [IsraelTimes] Nasser al-Qidwa, a member of Fatah’s powerful central committee and Yasser Arafat’s nephew, has long been an Abbas critic; says he hopes the imprisoned Barghouti will head his bloc.
Fatah Central Committee member Nasser al-Qidwa on Wednesday declared his support for a separate bloc to run in the scheduled Paleostinian elections, in the latest blow to the unity of the West Bank’s ruling faction.
"I am in favor of forming an electoral slate within the framework of a broad democratic forum that includes various segments of society, not the Fatah movement alone," al-Qidwa wrote on Twitter.
Continued from Page 2
Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....
issued a decree in mid-January ordering the Paleostinians to head to elections. If held, they would be the first Paleostinian national elections in 15 years. The first voting round, the legislative elections, is set to be held on May 22.
Many observers were skeptical that the Paleostinians would actually head to elections, given years of failed electoral promises by the Paleostinian leadership. But the suspicion is slowly growing in diplomatic circles that this time, it may actually happen.
Al-Qidwa and other activists call their new slate the National Democratic Forum. In a tweet, al-Qidwa said he hoped that convicted Paleostinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti "will stand at the head of it."
Barghouti, who has yet to formally declare his candidacy, is currently serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison for criminal masterminding terror attacks during the Second Intifada.
Al-Qidwa had previously called on Barghouti not to "hide from his responsibility" to get involved in the Paleostinian legislative elections.
Al-Qidwa also called for former Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
security chief Mohammad Dahlan’s faction, the Democratic Reform Current, to play a renewed role in Paleostinian politics, including within Fatah itself. Dahlan, who was exiled from the West Bank in 2011, has long been at odds with the Ramallah-based Paleostinian leadership.
"I want to say to the main Fatah faction: [Dahlan’s faction] has a place, and they are welcome as part of the reconciliations within Fatah and outside Fatah," al-Qidwa reportedly said.
Paleostinian leaders have repeatedly promised to hold elections since the last vote was held in 2006. Hamas, one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede, swept the Paleostinian parliament in a landslide victory over its Fatah rivals, who were riven by factional squabbles and widely seen as corrupt.
The terror group’s victory led to a fragile unity government between Fatah and Hamas. Following an international boycott, the unity government collapsed; the two rival Paleostinian movements then conducted a bloody struggle for supremacy in Gaza.
Hamas again emerged triumphant, leading to the long-running rift in Paleostinian politics. Fear and mistrust between the two factions — combined with a desire to avoid losing power — have torpedoed every feint toward elections over the past 15 years.
Much as in 2006, Abbas’s Fatah movement is deeply divided, and he faces rivals at every turn, including Barghouti and Dahlan. Barghouti enjoys broad popularity among the Paleostinian public, while Dahlan has a loyal faction in Gaza and a powerful patron.
Al-Qidwa has also long been a critic of Abbas. He has worked at several foreign posts, including as the PA’s envoy to the United Nations
...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly...
, where he developed a reputation as an effective and capable diplomat.
In recent weeks, however, al-Qidwa’s criticism of the PA has become more strident. At a virtual conference streamed by Birzeit University in late February, al-Qidwa said the Paleostinian political system needed to be changed, not only reformed.
"We need radical change in our political system, even as we struggle against Israeli actions," al-Qidwa said.
Al-Qidwa called for Paleostinians to find what he called "a third path" between the dichotomy of "armed struggle or negotiations with unending concessions" in which he claimed Paleostinian politics found itself. Pressed for more details, he dodged.
There’s always total surrender to the Jooos... In a phone call with The Times of Israel last week, Fatah Central Committee member Azzam al-Ahmad scoffed at al-Qidwa’s remarks that the Paleostinian political regime needed fundamental change.
"Nasser is a part of the political system, and we have a strong relationship as members of the Central Committee," al-Ahmad said in a phone call.
Should the vote take place, Fatah’s factional differences may have less impact than they did in 2006. In a concession by Hamas, the terror group assented to Fatah’s demand that a national popular vote would determine the division of seats in the Paleostinian parliament.
In 2006, numerous Fatah candidates ran against one another in different districts, splitting the ticket. The internally disciplined Hamas ran only one candidate per district. The result was an electoral landslide by Hamas despite only a slight victory over Fatah in the popular vote.
Senior Paleostinian Authority official Ahmad al-Majdalani told The Times of Israel that the new elections procedure would prevent a landslide by Hamas or any other faction.
"The new elections law prevents any side from achieving a majority in the legislative elections. Every faction will need to make alliances — either within the framework of the elections or afterward," Majdalani said. 
|
Posted by trailing wife 2021-03-05 00:00||
||
Front Page|| [11135 views ]
Top
File under: Fatah
|
|
05:28 Whiskey Mike
05:23 Whiskey Mike
05:21 Whiskey Mike
05:18 Whiskey Mike
05:15 Whiskey Mike
05:13 Whiskey Mike
05:08 Whiskey Mike
05:05 Whiskey Mike
05:03 Whiskey Mike
03:23 Besoeker
02:05 Grom the Affective
02:04 Grom the Affective
01:26 49 Pan
00:22 EMS Artifact
00:16 Skidmark
|
