Mohammed Dahlan

Could Mohammed Dahlan be Gaza's next governor? - opinion

Dahlan's name has been bandied about in recent years for a much more important role: a possible successor to Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas.

 Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas is flanked by then-security adviser Mohammed Dahlan (right) and then-prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, at a meeting in Gaza, in April 2007.
 Mohammed Dahlan, then-PA internal security minister, meeting prime minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem on May 29, 2003.

Gaza should be made an Abraham Accords protectorate led by Mohammed Dahlan - opinion

 MOHAMMED DAHLAN sits in his office in Abu Dhabi, in 2016. Today, his international influence extends far and wide, the writer explains.

Mohammed Dahlan, Gaza's leader in waiting? - opinion

 Mohammed Dahlan, a former Fatah security chief, in his office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. STRINGER/ REUTERS ID: 546201 Image Remarks:

'The logical choice': 17 years after he fled, could Dahlan lead a post-Hamas Gaza?


Rumors about Abbas’s health resurface amid talk of PA succession battle

Similar rumors concerning Abbas’s health condition have circulated in the past, prompting senior officials to hold deposed Fatah leader Mohammed Dahlan responsible.

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves to people as he bids farewell to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during a live fire exchange in Jenin, in Ramallah in the West Bank May 12, 2022.

The Democratic election in Gaza that no one noticed - opinion

Full, free democratic elections are not possible in the Hamas-controlled Gaza strip, but an election carried out among the 100,000 Democratic Reform Bloc members is possible.

 MOHAMMED DAHLAN speaks in his office in Abu Dhabi.

Moscow visit could pave way for Abbas-Dahlan reconciliation

Earlier this year, Dahlan led another delegation from his group to Moscow, where they met with Bogdanov. The delegation discussed preparations for holding the Palestinian parliamentary elections.

A MAN holds a poster of former Gaza Fatah leader Mohammed Dahlan during a protest against PA President Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza City in 2014.

Gunmen attack home of Palestinian candidate in Hebron

No one was injured in the incident, which is seen as a sign of mounting tensions among members of the ruling Fatah faction ahead of the election.

City of Hebron

Hamas presents list of candidates for parliamentary election

Hamas said the list’s slogan “emphasizes the importance of Jerusalem and the insistence on its liberation from the Zionist enemy.”

YAHYA SINWAR, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, has proven more than once he is pragmatic and is willing to deal with Israel.

Palestinian elections to pave way for the return of Dahlan?

PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS: Mohammad Dahlan, who was expelled from Abbas’s ruling Fatah faction in 2011 after a fallout with the PA president, has since been living in the United Arab Emirates.

MOHAMMAD DAHLAN gestures in his office in Abu Dhabi, in 2016. Why is Abbas so afraid of him, who was once seen as his trusted ally and close confidant?

Mohammed Dahlan hints he may run in PA presidential election

Dahlan claimed that Abbas refused to accept vaccines from the UAE.

Palestinians hold posters of Mohammed Dahlan during a Gaza rally, December 18, 2014

Hamas allows Dahlan loyalists to return to Gaza

‘Marwan Barghouti determined to run for president’

Mohammed Dahlan as he speaks to the press after the speech of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the west bank city of Ramallah on December 16, 2006.

PA: Dahlan loyalists seeking to undermine Abbas

Palestinian sources claimed that Dahlan has been funding dozens of disgruntled Fatah members in the refugee camps in the West Bank as part of his effort to undermine Abbas.

MOHAMMED DAHLAN, a former Fatah security chief, gestures in his office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, last year.

PA punishes political opponents by suspending their salaries

The employees claim that the PA illegally suspended their salaries because of their political affiliations.

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY public servants wait to receive their salaries via an ATM outside a bank, in Tubas, earlier this month.

PA steps up crackdown on supporters of Abbas's chief rival

The PA suspects that Dahlan, who has been living in the United Arab Emirates since 2011, is working to establish centers of power in the West Bank as part of a scheme to undermine Abbas.

Palestinians hold posters of Mohammed Dahlan during a Gaza rally, December 18, 2014