Mohammed Dahlan
Mohammad Yusuf Dahlan (, also known by the ''
kunya''
Abu Fadi (), born 29 September 1961) is a Palestinian politician. Arrested by
Israel for being involved with the
Fatah Hawksthe
Fatah youth movementhe subsequently helped in negotiations for the
Oslo Accords, later becoming a critic of
Yasser Arafat. The former leader of
Fatah in the
Gaza Strip, Dahlan's power there as head of the
Preventive Security Force was at one time so substantial that the territory was nicknamed "Dahlanistan". Seen as a favorite by the
George W. Bush administration to be
Mahmoud Abbas' second-in-command, Dahlan was appointed by the latter to head the
Palestinian National Security Council. An antagonist of
Hamas, he participated in the
Fatah–Hamas Mecca Agreement before his power began to decline after the latter gained the upper hand in the
Battle of Gaza. He was elected to the
Central Committee of Fatah amid allegations of fraud. Living in exile in
Abu Dhabi, Dahlan has, according to ''
Foreign Policy'', had a hand in facilitating the
Abraham Accords. During the Oslo period, he was described as having been the
''de facto'' ruler of the
Gaza Strip, appointed by
Yasser Arafat in 1994.
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