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Thursday, March 20, 2014

"Relationship between PLO and Egypt at all-time low"

Egypt's antipathy towards Palestinian Arab leaders is not limited to Hamas.

A senior PLO official who is close to Abbas admitted to Al Jazeera that relations between Egypt and the PLO are at an all time low.

The latest issue that upset the PLO was a nearly three hour interview on Egypt's DreamTV with Mohammed Dahlan, where he hurled accusations at the PA leadership.

Dahlan accused Abbas and other Fatah leaders of treason, murder and corruption.

The PA embassy in Egypt attempted to give a response on the same TV show, and it was denied.

Abbas plans to visit Cairo to patch things up. He announced that he received numerous phone calls of support from Egypt after the Dahlan interview, which means that he is quite nervous.