“He is sitting and talking nonsense to the right and the left, while the situation is catching on fire. Nothing makes a difference for him.”
A senior Egyptian intelligence official said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas lacks “intelligence” and “does not want to do anything” in a leaked phone conversation with Muhammed Dahlan, Abbas’s primary rival.
The Turkey-based Mukmaleen network, which broadcasted the phone conversation on Sunday, identified the intelligence officer as Wael al-Safti, who is responsible for the Palestine file in the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate.
Mukmaleen is considered critical of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's regime and has leaked unflattering tapes of the Egyptian president previously.
At the start of the phone conversation, Safti greets Dahlan and then remarks, “Undoubtedly there is a problem Abu Fadi (i.e. Muhammed Dahlan). I have noticed that his concentration is insufficient,” referring to President Abbas. “He has nothing to offer.”
Safti then says Abbas “acts like a camel,” suggesting the Palestinian president constantly...read more at JPOST