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Source: http://jcpa.org.il/2017/04/%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%94-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%97/
Abbas vs. Barghouti
(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs-Hebrew) Yoni Ben Menachem - Sources in the PA claim that in closed forums, Mahmoud Abbas has expressed concern that Marwan Barghouti - leader of the week-old hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners - coordinated the timing of the strike with his good friend and Abbas rival Mohammad Dahlan in order to embarrass Abbas before his meeting with President Trump at the White House on May 3. The sources claim that the PA leadership is currently facing Arab and international pressure and that this is not the time to generate a conflict with Israel and the U.S. Israel's political leadership sees Barghouti as a symbol of the terror of the Second Intifada, convicted in a civil court of five murders of Israeli citizens. Abbas does not want to appear in Washington as someone who supports a terrorist with "blood on his hands."