UAE pays millions of dollars before Palestinian elections

SANAA, Feb. 20 (YPA) – The Arab Gulf 24 website said that the UAE has begun to pour tens of millions of dollars in favor of the dismissed leader of the Fatah movement, Muhammad Dahlan.
The website quoted informed sources in the Emirates, as saying, “Abu Dhabi allocated huge sums of money to Dahlan’s lists and its success in tens of millions of dollars.”
According to the sources, Dahlan intends to buy the loyalty of personalities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip with money to participate in a parallel list to Fatah.

The sources emphasized that the UAE’s attempts to influence the Palestinian elections scheduled to take place in May next do not continue.

A “aid convoy” provided by the UAE arrived in Gaza Strip via the Rafah land crossing with Egypt, and the movement led by dissident Dahlan announced that he had received this aid.

The movement’s spokesman, Imad Mohsen, claimed that the convoy came “within the framework of the assistance provided by the Emirates Red Crescent to the most needy groups in the Gaza Strip.”

A month ago, the Dahlan movement began distributing politicized money due to the proximity of the Palestinian elections.