Dahlan's comeback: Will the Palestinian senior official take over Gaza? | Baruch Yedid

Twenty years after being expelled from Gaza, Fatah senior official Mohammed Dahlan returns to center stage. Baruch Yedid in a special project on the Palestinian politician's comeback: his power and connections in the United Arab Emirates, and how he is also intervening in Israel's elections.

Twenty years after being expelled from Gaza, Fatah senior official Mohammed Dahlan (Abu Fadi) returns to center stage as a potential candidate to lead the Strip in the "day after." Baruch Yedid, an Arab affairs commentator, presents a special project on Dahlan's comeback. In a series of secret meetings in Cairo and direct phone calls with key figures such as Jared Kushner and senior Hamas officials, Dahlan is promoting a new vision: "Neither Abbas nor Hamas." The goal is to establish a new civil administration, break the old axis of the Muqata'a and Qatari funding, and offer a governing alternative for the Strip. His status as a close advisor to Mohammed bin Zayed in the Emirates gives him immense economic and political backing. In Israel, however, opinions about him are divided and heated: security and political figures see him as a schemer, corrupt and unreliable, recalling past frauds. On the other hand, some suggest a pragmatic approach: in a world with no magic solutions, Dahlan is the only factor that can functionally impose civil order in the Strip. While senior Shin Bet officials meet with him in Abu Dhabi and the Americans listen, in Ramallah they watch with deep concern. Dahlan's comeback is becoming one of the most tangible options on the table.