ACCUSATIONS OF CONSPIRACY TO MURDER YASSER ARAFAT CONTINUE TO SURFACEJuly 25, 2009 at 8:26 am (Assassinations, Associate Post, Conspiracy Theories, Israel, Palestine, Palestinian Authority)
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The Kaddumi bombshell
Accusations of conspiracy to murder continue to reverberate across the Palestinian arena, threatening to break the Fatah movement in two, writes Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank
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Farouk Kaddumi’s recent bombshell accusations that Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas and his aide, former Gaza strongman Mohamed Dahlan, had connived with Israel to murder late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat continue to reverberate throughout the Palestinian arena.
The allegations made by the second highest-ranking leader of the Fatah organisation during an impromptu press conference in Amman last week, have overshadowed the Hamas-Fatah rift and even the standoff over Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank.
The increasingly ugly showdown between Fatah’s two divergent camps is already polarising the group at all levels, including the grassroots level, with activists pointing fingers of accusation at either Kaddumi or Abbas.
Last week, the PA government decided to close down the West Bank offices of Al-Jazeera TV after the Qatari-based satellite channel carried live Kaddumi’s press conference from Amman. The Western-backed Ramallah-based government accused Al-Jazeera of “broadcasting false news, bias, incitement and fostering division and disunity in the Palestinian arena”. The decision drew mostly negative reactions from several quarters, especially Palestinian civil society and the journalistic community, prompting Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to rescind the decision a few days later.
Clearly disquieted by the accusations, Palestinian leader Abbas lashed out at Kaddumi, accusing him of spreading cheap lies in order to abort the convening of Fatah’s long overdue Sixth Conference, slated to take place in Bethlehem in the first week of August. Similarly, Abbas allies have been attacking and fulminating against Kaddumi, calling him names such as “senile”, “liar”, and “saboteur”. The West Bank Fatah leadership has asked the movement’s Central Council to discuss Kaddumi’s “canards” and “eject him from our ranks”.
Unfazed by the sabre rattling from Ramallah, Kaddumi reasserted the “veracity and authenticity” of the minutes of the March 2004 meeting in West Jerusalem during which the alleged plot to poison Arafat was discussed. Kaddumi has also reportedly hinted that he possesses further incriminating evidence against Abbas and Dahlan that further corroborates and consolidates his earlier charges. The secretary-general of Fatah also challenged Abbas and his allies to prove their loyalty to the group.
“You don’t own Fatah, you have hijacked Fatah for the purpose of amassing wealth and stealing money. You have swerved off the true path of Fatah, the path of resistance and liberation, and chosen to be a pawn in the hands of our enemies,” Kaddumi said.
As the two contentious camps within Fatah continue to trade recriminations, former political advisor to Arafat Bassam Abu Sharif reasserted charges he made shortly after Arafat’s death in November 2004. Abu Sharif claimed that Arafat was killed as a result of a chemical substance provided by Israeli intelligence.
Abu Sharif argued that Israeli soldiers manning a roadblock outside Ramallah stopped the Palestinian ambulance that had regularly brought food and medicine to the besieged Palestinian leader. “When the soldiers were searching the ambulance, while its Palestinian staff was kept away, they substituted a medicine which Arafat had been taking with an identical substitute containing a chemical poison. This is how Arafat got sick and eventually succumbed to his illness.”
Hamas’s politburo chief Khaled Meshaal almost died in Amman in 1997 when Mossad agents disguised as Canadian tourists smacked a chemical substance into his ear. The two agents were captured and then-King Hussein of Jordan threatened to sever ties with Israel, forcing the Israeli government, headed at the time by Binyamin Netanyahu, to provide the antidote that saved Meshaal’s life.
On Arafat, while Abu Sharif’s hypothesis is mostly speculative in nature and may prove impossible to verify, the fact that the life of the leader of the Palestinian people is entrusted to Israeli soldiers manning roadblocks and checkpoints speaks volumes about the nature of the PA and its near total subservience to Israel. [Abu Sharif is now on Abbas payroll. Arafat used Hawatmi to split PFLP, Used Abed Rabo to split DFLP, He bought Abu Sharif in PFLP. ]
Meanwhile, Arafat’s widow, Suha, has been quoted as saying that “Israel was the only suspect in the death of my husband.” Suha cleared Abbas and Dahlan of any wrongdoing, saying that they were Arafat’s comrades. Most observers in occupied Palestine find it hard to rely on Suha’s remarks, on the grounds that she often appeared detached from political realities in Palestine, living a lavish lifestyle in Paris while her husband was languishing under Israeli siege in Ramallah.
This is not to say that Kaddumi’s accusations ought to be given the benefit of the doubt. But there is little doubt that the Kaddumi bombshell will cast a dark shadow on deliberations at Fatah’s Sixth Congress when — and if — convened. It is expected that Abbas will try to take advantage of the charged atmosphere and the fact that anti-Abbas delegates are largely based outside occupied Palestine or in the Gaza Strip and are unlikely to attend the conference in Bethlehem.
However, a conference at which Abbas and his allies enjoy absolute hegemony will only deepen and widen the existing chasm between various camps within Fatah.
More to the point, Kaddumi might resort to holding a rival Fatah conference of his own, possibly in Damascus or Beirut. If this were to happen, Fatah would disintegrate into two camps, one based abroad and enjoying “revolutionary legitimacy” and backed by Syria and Iran, and probably Qatar, and the other coalesced into the PA and enjoying “international legitimacy” and backed by the US, EU and the so-called moderate Arab regimes.
Finally, the success of the Bethlehem conference will also depend to a large extent on the cooperation of the Hamas movement. Hamas, which has so far opted to remain outside the Kaddumi-Abbas confrontation, has hinted that it may not allow Fatah delegates from the Gaza Strip to leave for the West Bank if PA security agencies continue to round up and persecute Hamas leaders and activists and if hundreds of Hamas detainees are not released.
Since the PA is unlikely to release these detainees, mainly because there is a strong lobby within Fatah against rapprochement with Hamas, it is probable that very few Fatah delegates from Gaza, if any, will make it to the West Bank.
The “Israeli factor” is also relevant. Israel has an established policy of barring Gaza residents from entering the West Bank as a matter of principle. Undoubtedly this, too, will be an important factor militating for or against the convening of the conference, as well as its success.
Comment:
I was right, all the time I said that Cairo dialog shall reach nowhere, other than deepening the rift in Fatah, and it did. Cairo failing to deliver a domesticated Hamas, intervened to prevent Syrian-Saudi reconciliation and agreement on Lebanon, expecting Damuscuss to pressure Hamas. A dream shall never come true. Hamas, as said above has so far opted to remain outside the Kaddumi-Abbas confrontation. It's Geopolitics, besides, Hamas shall use the card of allowing Fatah delegates from the Gaza Strip to leave for the West Bank to free hundreds of Hamas detainees in PA prisons, which is not going to happen, and therefore, justify preventing Fatah delegates from attending Fatah conference.
I expected a new intifada within Fatah which may join the old Fatah alintifada, and forming a new PLO based in Damascus, as said in above article.
12 days ago, Lucia asked me to write my opinion on Angry Arab's comments over the Qaddoumi bombshell. And I did (posted below).
I confirmed the existence of sincere people in Fatah. I explained how Abbas pictures are still raised in uprooted Palestinian camps, and how the Abbas gangs ensured the silence of Suha Arafat, his nephew, and may be his brothers and sisters.
Most likely a new Fatah and Hamas shall give this issue due consideration. I read reports about Hamas intention to build a social network in Lebanon, similar to one in Gaza, and the dismantled one in WB. Such move shall pull the carpet from under the feet of Abbas.
Answering Lucia
Lu
I advise you to read my comments under the title: Hamas "Improving": From "Immunity to learning" To "Immaturity" - updated.
I don't think the angry Arab has ever gone that far. In general what Assad said is true, but, I don't agree with him claiming that all decent people already left Fath, otherwise, why Fath would assassinate the Fath commander in Lebanon who stayed in Fath till his last breath as a pain in the back of Abbas Zaki, why Abbas insists to hold the upcoming Fath conference in occupied west bank, and needs deception, dirty tricks, and Israeli assistance?
Coming to your Question: "What's the purpose of Hamas's insistence on holding unity talks?"
and failing "to grasp what they pretend"
Yes "it be better to send Fatah to hell, to denounce them before the palestinian public opinion as what they are, show the people what the traitor Abbas and his clique stand for, and concentrate in those parties that stand for the national cause?"
Lu, I believe Hamas, insisting on endless dialogue and unity talks is doing that exactly, denouncing them before the Palestinian public opinion with it eyes fixed on parties standing for national cause. The worst thing Hamas may do is boycotting the dialogue.
All Palestinian factions are calling for dialogue, including the Palestinian left, and far left, who are against limiting the dialogue to fath and Hamas, just because they want to join the dialogue to ensure that the election law would guarantees a little piece of the cake.
Like it or not, Fath still represent a good part of Palestinian, and I can't say they are all corrupt and hopeless. Can you imagine, uprooted Palestinians raising in Ein El-Helweh Camp in
Forgive me for telling this long story, that reveals that Media, propaganda, disinformation is brainwashing minds. even the minds of many Palestinians.
3 weeks ago I was invited to a diner arranged by the head of a social committee acting where I live, because the host follows, the so-called "Third way - Salam Fayad" I was reluctant to accept the invitation, but at the end I decided to go.
I discovered, that the dinner, was arranged to hear a report about what Evil Hamas is doing in
I am sure they regretted inviting me, because they avoided me in the next gatherings, arranged under the title of Palestinian Unity. Instead, the taking was about Hamas coup, responsibility for the siege, the destruction, the staving and slow death in
Out of sudden, the host turned the discussion into religion. He asked a Palestinian Sheikh to tell us about Shea, he spoke, until one guy asked: Are you telling us that Shea are not Muslims, Kuffar. The Shaikh said: I can't say that (Actually he said it indirectly). I decided to put the discussion on the right track. I told the Sheik: You said Palestinian People are great, and told us how you cried when you heard the story of a Palestinian man from Jerusalem, refused to sell his home untill the Jewish buyer obtain the signature of 1.3 billion Muslims. What do say about Palestinians who sold 78% of
You may remember, when I asked Tony what Hamas can do, He said: At least hide. He shacked his head on Hamas claiming it would stop the invasion.
When asked what Hamas can do to break the siege, he said: Hamas should change itself (Ideology), and align itself with Egyptian "Progressive" forces, not with Muslim brotherhood., Changing Egypt regime should be Hamas first priority. (Her, I advise you to read Gilad Atzmon - Thinking out of the Secular Box: The Left and Islam, which shall not appear on PP). And remember what I told you almost 2 years ago, about Tony, under the umbrailla of wearing beards and uniforms isrejecting Hamas because of its Islamic Ideology.
My answer for the same question; Hamas, within current condition, power balance,
Let us remember that Hamas called for Dailogue, the next day after kicking
In calling for dialogue, and in going to endless dialogue, Hamas responded to Palestinian people, still believing that Fateh is a national liberation movement who missed the way, and wanting to see Palestinian factions united again.
In going to
Hamas, in going to
Many, criticized Hamas for accepting the truce, and shot fast claiming that Hamas is selling Palestinian rights, while Hamas was preparing the ground for the next battle.
The Angry Arab, criticized Hizbullah for accepting resolution 1701. He listed many reasons why Lebanese should reject the resolution. Yes, the resolution brought the Lebanese army, and the international troops to south Lebanon, and thus Hezbullah lost the free hand there.
I don't want, now after 3 years, list reasons for accepting the resolution. Results speaks. The international troops protected
As for Quadoumi, he is one of Fateh founders, and staying within Fateh all this time, raise a big question about his credibility. I am inclined to believe that his Document is true, he should have used it after the death of Arafat. Most likely, he kept to blackmail Abbas, ensure funding. So its not a bomshell, it confirmed the confirmed. However, revealing it ahead of Fath conferance is good.
Suha Arafat, Arafat Nephew, his brothers, sisters, all know who killed Arafat, like Saad El Harifi knows who killed his father. Most likely, Abbass bought their silence and /or they wanted to save their asses.
- lu said... [ A Great comment by Lucia from spain moved from comment section]
- Thank you so much, UP, for your thoughtful response. I am glad to see that it fits my hypothesis too, at least, till AA's post shook and shocked me. I mean, my hypothesis over the necessity for holding unity dialogue were -roughly- five: 1. Division only helps the occupier barracks state, that jointly with the USA was the main actor inducing it - with the necessary collaboration of Fatah, of course. 2. Everybody, either people or parties, were pressing for unity talks. Hamas listens to the people, and then makes its own political analysis. Hamas is devoted to first strengthen the home front, these were its declarations from the beginning, when it participated in the elections. The home front had been destroyed, like all the rest, by Fatah, and made reaching office compulsory for Hamas in order to prevent Fatah from finishing off with what remained of the Palestinian cause. It was not -as some think- to mimic Fatah, on the contrary, it was to take to a different path, to divert from the one that was being followed by Fatah which only brought disgrace to the Palestinians. I recall various declarations of theirs after winning the elections: they wanted to buy electricity from Egypt instead of from Israel, they wanted to revert the commercial trade dependency from Israel, to whom they'd been enslaved by Oslo to buy everything from and were converted into cheap labour for outsourced Israeli manufacturing. They wanted to revisit the accords related to the gas fields. Etc. Not surprisingly they were not allowed to govern... (If they made any mistake, it was only being too honest and clear, which in politics is often self-damaging) It is necessary to recall that both the media and the security had been grabbed by the Abbas-Dahlan gang at the request of the USA, right after Hamas had reached office. This forced Hamas to form its own police, to end up with all those sabotages, arsons, bombings, highjackings and murders. Even the Islamic University had not been spared! Law and order came back to Gaza thanks to Hamas. Luckily Hamas counted on its own media means, but weren't enough threatened as they were by Abbas-Fatah's "security" apparatuses in the W.B.- and in front of the well greased Fatah media. So, by sticking to hold unity talks, all the other parties, and surely many people as well, could realize that Fatah's war was against everybody and everything, as it has become clearer by now. Actually the chage in the actitude of the other parties has been obvious. 3. Favoring unity dialogue would also keep flowing the badly needed foreign aid. The hypocritical Europe only accepted Abbas/Fayyad as a partner and refused to deal with Hamas, the legal and democratically elected representatives of the Palestinians. One more disgrace that Fatah has poured over the Palestinians is making them wholly dependent on foreign aid. I cannot imagine a worse leadership and party in the world than Fatah and its cadres. It is very saddening that such a courageous and steadfast people as the Palestinians have had for tens of years a bunch of Fatah thugs to lead them. The Palestinians deserve much better, far much better. There is one thing I wholeheartedly agree with the A.A., and it is when he says that for him Arafat is not enough dead, and not enough deep underground either. Indeed! [ IDO]
- 4. Accepting unity conversations in Cairo also helped to avoid further irking Egypt, who had been converted in the laughingstock of the Arab world after the wall was yanked down by the people, under their very noses, hence the "break-your-legs" thing. The least the Gazans need is a direct confrontation with the Egyptians, despite Hamas knows all too well of their treason and collaboration with the zionists. Were Rafah crossing opened, there wouldn't be a siege, no matter how hard the zionists pressed for it. And no Palestinians would be dying in the tunnels every few days. This clear. The main responsibility for Gaza's siege relies on Egypt, and Hamas knows it perfectly, the same it knows the vicious low-level bloodless war that Egypt is playing against Palestine. But, even so, irking her would only make matters worse. At least, some days the gates are opened, and some flow in and off is permitted. 5. I agree with what you say and it conforts me to think that not everybody has been corrupted in Fatah, as AA says. The Fatah leadership has certainly been. But it is not possible that tens of hundreds of rank-and-file members have anything to do with that. It is to these people -maybe some of them brainwashed by propaganda, maybe others conditioned because their bread-winning depends of their PA's paid for salaries- to whom Hamas is reaching. That is what I think, or I what want to think, till facts can prove that I am wrong. Thank you again UP, for sharing your views. 10:22 AM, July 15, 2009
Flashback:
When asked, before the War on Gaza, What Hamas (Immune to Learning) can do to stop Israeli daily killings:
He preyed: At least hide.
And when Hamas "Massed" it's forces" to defend Gaza before bait hannoun massacre he preyed shocking his long ears; "So when I hear Hamas declaring that it would stop an Israeli invasion of Gaza, I just shake my Head."
After the surprise, his surprise, of the failure of the WAR on Gaza, he storemed "shaked" his FAT ASS, to find another excuse for attacking Hamas. So when asked again what Hamas can do to end the siege he prayed: Let it be guerrilla, on the wall, not on Israel.
COMMENT:
All that time I was shouting :
BLOOD SHALL DEFEAT THE SWORD
MAJIC SHALL TURN AGAINST THE MAJICIAN
And it did
Tony is alway certain, at least almost certain, He has well-reasoned and informed, especialy with Sryian and Zionist Affairs.
Déjà Vu All Over Again: Mashaal Hopes Obama Cancels Conditions for Talks with Hamas Thus preyed the "Pandit""Iran is a regional power, so Obama has to deal with it. so Obama is trying to put the ayatollahs to good use. by moving Syria away from Iran. By removing Iran and Syria from the equation, Hamas will be cut off and the plan is to destroy it or at least domesticate it, just as Arafat was domesticated and finally destroyed."
Two weeks ago I commented on Khalid Amayreh's article: Fatah deadlock continues
I wrote;
"Hamas Basher mocked Hamas expected that Cairo dialogue will deliver a domesticated Hamas, that Hamas would join the Happy family: "
Let Abbas deliver a Fatah Happy Family. "
"There is Love in the Air: All Together Now.....I Love You....You Love Me..We're A Happy Family...
"Ahead of Abbas congress, in Bethlehem, and next session of Palestinian dialoque in Cairo, Mashaal delivered his landmark speech from Damascus, sending messages/replies to all concerned (Netanyaho, Obama and his Carter, Moderate Arabs).
- No to Jewish State killing the Uproted Palestinians right of return, and 1948 Arabs right to stay
- No to Naturalizing Palestinian Refugees
- Yes to an Arab state with its capital in occupied Jerusalem and full sovereignty in the areas liberated by Israel in 1967, dismantling of Jewish communities in those areas."
Let Abbas keep his Ramallah family happy. Palestinian Minister for Occupied Jerusalem Resigns After Qalqilia Massacre Tony preyed: Dialog....Dialog.....More Dialog....Some More Dialog! The Hapless Marzouk: Qalqilia massacre would be discussed on the dialog table. The sixth round of Palestinian Dialogue failed and Abbas Regrets Failure to to deliver a domisticated Hamas, as Hamas Secular Basher preyed all the time. Out of sudden the same asshole made A U-TURN and warned Habilas, that "Arab" League troops will be sent into Gaza to crush Hamas. Why would Arab League send troops to Crush a (DOMESTICATED) Hamas?? Screwed with Pharaoh's failure to deliver a domisticated Hamas, he wrote: Now, it Finally Dawned on Hamas.....Those "Leaders" are Such Fast Learners! As if somebody would believe the asshole clams. As if Hamas is not aware that Cairo dialogue with Dayton's slaves shall lead to no where, except exposing more and more the treason of Pharaoh and Rramallah leadehership, and deepning the rift in Fateh, and foiling the consiparcy against Hamas, the Palestinian last FORT. My ASS, A dialogue between Zionists "Two State Solution" and RESISTANCE TWO STAGE SOLUTION is doomed to fail. All the Time he preyed on USA/Iran Tango, and we have seen the real "Tanqo" in Tehran streets. All the time he preyed on USA/Syrian Tango, and we are witnessing the Syrian PRINCE, sitting on Quasyoun mountain, waiting the “Half-Man” and his boy Saad (Both watinig instructions to come ot not to come) and sending a puplic message to Obama: You went to the wrong places. If you want to talk about Middle east, you have to come all the way to damuscuss. I am not going met you midway like my father did with Clinton. When asked what Hamas can do to end the siede on Gaza, he preyed: Hamas "need to align itself with progressive forces in Egypt and make toppling the Pharaoh a top priority". When Israel week freed Palestinian Legislative Council Speaker and Hamas member Aziz Dweik after three years in prison, he (Dropped his heavy zolli's Bombshell) preyed: [I am sure that this was a part of the deal]....." of Imminent moving shalit to Cairo as Part of US Initiative.
He is sure, so sure, though his zolly is not sure whether Shalit is Alive or not. But Shalit is still in Gaza, and His Price Will Only Go Up
Hamas "Improving": From "Immunity to learning" To "Immaturity" - updated
LONG LIVE PALESTINE
Families celebrate academic excellence amidst the siege 
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ReplyDeleteZahhar: Abbas’s visit to Gaza is impossible for security reasonsHe also said that Fatah leaders have to pay the bill for the success of its conference and release Hamas prisoners from their jails.