Posted on 09/27/22
| News Source: i24
The former Fatah official unleashes a harsh invective against 'totalitarian' Abbas
A year after fleeing the West Bank, a nephew of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat returned to Gaza and is challenging his uncle's successor, the 86-year-old President of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas.
Nasser al-Kidwa, 69, a former Palestinian foreign minister, branded Abbas's PA as "totalitarian," and said it was acting with disregard for the people it is supposed to be serving.
"He does whatever he wants, without any consideration for anything," Kidwa said of Abbas. "Neither the law, nor the institutions, nor traditions, even family traditions".
Returning after a year of self-imposed exile in France, Kidwa told journalists that travelling to the West Bank at this time would not be safe. According to surveys, his support among Palestinians is negligible.