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401:(PNA). From exile, he continued to advocate a hardline stance towards Israel, refused cooperation with the PNA and repeatedly disagreed with the PLO during negotiations with Israel by making statements denying recognition of Israel. This led to him being sidelined in Palestinian politics for over a decade, as the center of power moved to
444:– suppressed an attempt by al-Qaddumi to organize an armed militia outside of the Authority's control in the Strip. Al-Qaddumi issued a decree to expel all Fatah members who cooperated with the PNA, but this was declared unlawful by Fatah's central committee, along with his styling himself "president" of the movement.
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The 6th Fatah conference was held in
Bethlehem in August 2009. Holding the conference in the occupied territories came as a disappointment to many exiled Fatah leaders who were unable to attend and felt betrayed by this decision; al-Qaddumi being one of them. A few weeks before the conference,
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Farouk al-Qaddumi, known for his significant role in the
Palestinian political landscape, became a central figure in the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and served as the head of its political department for many years. He was instrumental in shaping the PLO’s policies and was a close
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who was organizing student groups calling for the liberation of
Palestine. Fatah, the Palestinian National Liberation Movement, was established at the beginning of 1965. At the time, al-Qaddumi worked for the Ministry of Health of Kuwait. In 1966, he was expelled from the country for political
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Upon Arafat's death, al-Qaddumi constitutionally succeeded him to the position of Fatah chairman. Finding himself once again in a position of power, he began wrestling for control of the ideologically diverse movement, and of the PLO, pitted against PLO chairman and PNA president
437:. Mud-slinging between the factions was intense, with al-Qaddumi trying to claim primacy for the PLO (which formally delegates power to the PNA). Among other things, al-Qaddumi denied that the PNA had a right to call its government members "ministers" or open embassies abroad.
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While Abbas was the stronger player in this power struggle, members of the Abbas faction worried that al-Qaddumi's militant attitude would win over radical segments of the Fatah, or he would ally with hardline forces outside the movement, such as
451:, who removed al-Qaddumi loyalists from ambassadorial posts. Abbas redirected foreign contacts to pass through the PNA's Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Al-Qidwa, and later Ziad Abu Amr and Riad Al-Maliki, which infuriated al-Qaddumi.
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al-Qaddumi accused Abbas of conspiring to kill Yasser Arafat and claimed he had evidence for his involvement in a plot to poison Arafat. Abbas and his aides denied those allegations and accused al-Qaddumi of inflaming
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As head of the PLO's political department, al-Qaddumi had primary responsibility for foreign representation. However, the PLO embassies were reorganized by Abbas and PNA Prime
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389:in 1993, which he opposed as a betrayal of the
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589:"Portrait : Farouk Kaddoumi"
265:Palestine Liberation Organization
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311:. While in Egypt, he joined the
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513:List of Fatah members
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