Fateh Leader, Hani Al-Hassan, Blames the Dahlan Group and US General Dayton for What Happened in Gaza

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Fateh leader slammed over statements release on Al-Jazeera

Thursday June 28, 2007 17:18 by George Rishmawi - IMEMC News george at imemc dot org

Senior Fateh leader, Hani Al-Hassan, one of the founders of the movement and member of the central committee of Fateh was harshly slammed by other Fateh officials and leaders following an interview he gave to Al-Jazeera satellite channel during which he accused a group of Fateh leaders of being part of a plan set by an American general aimed at destroying Hamas.

Al-Hassan, who was the senior advisor for the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said what happened in Gaza is a defeat for General Keith Dayton’s plan, and not a defeat for Fateh.

Dayton has been stationed in Jerusalem after Hamas won the Palestinian Parliamentary elections in January 2006, in bid to destroy Hamas.

Al-Hassan accused some of Fateh leaders, hinting to Mohammad Dahlan, of being followers of the Americans and the Israelis and that they have received money from the United States to crack on Hamas.

Palestinian media sources said that Abbas dismissed Al-Hassan from his post as his advisor over his comments.

On the other hand, Fateh leader Samir Al-Mashharawi in the West Bank harshly slammed Al-Hassan saying that he has collaborated with Hamas to carry out a coup, referring to Hamas’ military control over the Gaza Strip after clashes with Fateh and the Palestinian Security forces in early June.

Al-Mashharawi added that Fateh has information that Al-Hassan has informed the head of Hamas’ politburo Khaled Mesha’al of a possible crack down on Hamas one month ago, and asked them to act to prevent this crack down.

Hussein Al-Shaikh, secretary General of Fateh in the West Bank told a press conference that Al-Hassan does not represent Fateh and demanded President Abbas of taking legal measures against him.

Al-Hassan also said that Hamas was not expected to sit and wait for Dayton’s plan to be implemented but added that they have pushed the envelop too far. He said that 95 percent of Fateh was not part of Dayton’s plan and that they will never accept to be part of such a plan.

Al-Hassan also affirmed the legitimacy of the Palestinian Authority and slammed Hamas’ military control over the Gaza Strip and called for dialogue between Fateh and Hamas and the other Palestinian factions in order to raise the level of the Palestinian demands making use of the “Israeli and American defeat,” in the region.

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