passports for palestinians

PASSPORTS FOR PALESTINIANS
The Dahlan connection
Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed
bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Prime Minister
Aleksandar Vucic
The Crown Prince of Abu
Dhabi and deputy supreme
commander of the UAE
Armed Forces. He is also
the head of the Mubadala
Development Company, the
main investment vehicle
for the government of Abu
Dhabi. The Crown Prince
is also a director of the Abu
Dhabi Investment Authority,
the Sovereign wealth fund of Abu
Dhabi. Dahlan is his security and
economic adviser and is credited with
bringing a number of businesses owned by,
or linked to, the Al Nahyan royal family to
Serbia.
Serbian Prime
Minister. He
has courted
investment
from Abu Dhabi,
receiving and
visiting Crown
Prince Sheikh
Mohammed bin
Zayed four times
in the 12 months
to October 2013.
He developed a close
enough relationship with
Mohammed Dahlan, who
helped bring the Emiratis
to Belgrade, to invite him
to his home following the
Progressives’ resounding
election victory in March 2014.
Mohammed Yousef Dahlan
Born 1961 in Palestine. A member of Palestinian
legislative council; security and economic
adviser to Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi; former
member of Fatah; former head of the
Preventive Security in Gaza. A key figure in
bringing Gulf investment to Montenegro and
Serbia. Strong relationships with Serbian
PM Aleksandar Vucic and Montenegrin
PM Milo Djukanovic. A shadowy figure in
the Middle East with reported ties to US
intelligence and powerful friends across
the region, such as the Egyptian President
el-Sisi. The arch-rival to Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas, he has made no secret of his
political ambitions. He is currently being tried for
corruption in Palestine, accusations he denies.
Political connections
Sufyan Mohammed
Abuzayda
BROTHERS
Born 1965 in
Palestine. A former
director general
of the Palestinian
interior ministry,
and a close friend
of Dahlan who
worked with him in
Gaza, when Dahlan
was in charge of
the security forces.
Reportedly expelled
from Fatah in 2012.
Targeted as part of
Abbas’s crackdown on
Dahlan.
Ziyad Abdelqader
Almashharawi
Born 1969 in
Palestine. The
brother and
close associate
of Samir
Almashharawi,
reportedly an adviser
to Dahlan in Gaza.
Targeted as part of
Abbas crackdown on
Dahlan.
Mohammed Yahya
Shamia
Born 1978 in
Gaza, Palestine. A
Dahlan associate
and founder of
a pro-Palestinian
charity based in
Geneva according to
numerous reports in
the Arab press. BIRN
was unable to confirm
this independently.
Ghassan Jadallah
Born 1978 in
Gaza, Palestine.
A politician,
Dahlan associate
and former leader
of the Fatah youth
movement. Targeted
as part of Abbas
crackdown on Dahlan.
Born 1966
in Saudi
Arabia, wife of
Mohammed
Dahlan. A
powerful advocate
of her husband’s
presidential ambitions,
she maintains a high
public profile.
A. D.
Born 2003
in Palestine,
daughter of
Mohammed
Dahlan
Fady Mohammed
Dahlan
Born 1990 in
Tunisia, son of
Mohammed
Dahlan
Firas Mohammed
Dahlan
Born 1992 in
Tunisia, son of
Mohammed
Dahlan
Hadil Mohammed
Dahlan
Born 1995
in Palestine,
daughter of
Mohammed
Dahlan
Abdrabou Yousef
Shaker Dahlan
Brother of
Mohammed Dahlan,
director and coowner of Al Fursan,
Belgrade based real
estate firm. Reportedly
had assets frozen
in Jordan as part of
Abbas’s crackdown on
his brother.
Shadi Abdrabou
Yousef Dahlan
Born 1982 in Saudi
Arabia. A nephew of
Mohammed Dahlan,
son of his brother
Abdrabou Dahlan,
co-owner of Alfursan
company, a real estate
firm in Belgrade.
Ahmed Abdrabou
Yousef Dahlan
Son of Abdrabou
Dahlan, co-owner of
Al Fursan, Belgrade
based real estate firm.
KEY
A Serbian passport next
to a profile denotes that
the person has been given
Serbian citizenship. It is not
known whether any of the
individuals have received
Serbian passport. Serbia’s
Interior Ministry declined to
comment.
SON AND BUSINESS PARTNER
Samir Abdelqader
Almashharawi
Jaleela Idris
Dahla
Family business
SON AND BUSINESS PARTNER
Born 1960 in
Palestine. A
former minister
for prison and
civil affairs in
Palestine, expelled
from Fatah in 2014.
Had his car sprayed
with bullets in the West
Bank in 2013.
Close family