Hamas, Islamic Jihad and a Powerful Ex-Fatah Official Form an Unlikely Electoral Alliance
The alliance could challenge Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party if elections proceed, after years of delays and deep Palestinian frustration with current leadership.
- On Monday, Islamic Jihad deputy Secretary General Mohammed al-Hindi confirmed that Hamas and Islamic Jihad formed an electoral alliance with a bloc led by Mohammed Dahlan to challenge President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah party.
- The Palestinian Authority under Abbas faces deep unpopularity among Palestinians who view it as autocratic, corrupt and ineffective, while Hamas continues to control parts of Gaza amid the ongoing conflict.
- Dahlan, who serves as an adviser to the UAE, will lead a bloc supporting "a unified national list" of independent figures rather than party members, al-Hindi said.
- While Abbas has scheduled parliamentary elections for November 28, he has repeatedly delayed voting, most recently in 2021, leaving the first national elections in 20 years deeply uncertain.
- The U.S. and other Western nations designate Hamas and Islamic Jihad as terrorist groups and have historically rejected any Palestinian Authority government including them, complicating the alliance's electoral viability.
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