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Fatah leader speaks out on Abbas' exclusive congress

In an interview with Al-Monitor, Abdel-Hakim Awad, a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council who was excluded from the movement's seventh congress, talks about Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' political failures, his exclusionary policies and his collusion with Israel.

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reacts during a joint news conference with Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in the West Bank city of Jericho, Nov. 11, 2016. — REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

CAIRO — According to Abdel-Hakim Awad, a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council and the Palestinian National Council, Fatah crowned President Mahmoud Abbas “king” of Fatah during its 2009 congress, but Abbas’ will and political achievements have been hijacked by a group of other leaders.

In an interview with Al-Monitor, Awad said he fears there is a hidden political agenda behind Abbas’ holding of the seventh general congress.

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