After Fayyad’s visit, what’s next for Hamas? - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
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Before Fayyad’s visit, Gaza opened its doors in 2013 to Hamas’ most prominent political opponent, Mohammed Dahlan, who has launched social and economic projects in the Gaza Strip through some of his allies there. Dahlan was dismissed from Fatah in June 2011 on charges of corruption within the movement.
Dahlan started in 2013 and is still carrying out charitable and social projects in the Gaza Strip. This raised several questions about Hamas’ new strategies in dealing with its political opponents.
According to Youssef, Hamas allowed Dahlan to work in Gaza as it needs to turn the page and to benefit from his influence and presence in the Gazan street in order to ramp up popular support to some issues, not to mention his capabilities, by relying on his ability to provide aid to the Gaza Strip to help mitigate the suffering of the citizens.
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