Fatah Splinter Group Calls for Broiling Arafish
The weirdness factor just got kicked up another notch in the Palestinian Anarchy; as terrorist thug/former security minister Muhammad Dahlan may be getting ready to make a move on Arafat: Fatah splinter group calls for killing Arafat. (Hat tip: zulubaby.)
A leaflet distributed over the weekend by a hitherto unknown group called Fatah — The Reformist Path called for replacing the Palestinian leadership and threatened to liquidate Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat and many of his top aides.
It’s not clear who stands behind the leaflet, but some senior PA officials have pointed a blaming finger at former security minister Muhammad Dahlan. They said that when Arafat saw the leaflet, he cancelled a meeting planned with Dahlan last week.
Dahlan has strongly denied responsibility for the leaflet, arguing that it was yet another attempt by his rivals to drive a wedge between him and Arafat.
This is the first time that a leaflet signed by a Fatah affiliated group calls for eliminating Arafat. Most Fatah leaders and activists who have been demanding reforms and an end to corruption in the PA have refrained from attacking Arafat personally, directing their anger instead at top officials in the PA chairman’s entourage.