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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived successful Doha connected Saturday to be the World Cup opening ceremony, Qatar’s quality bureau reported, successful a sojourn unannounced by the Palestinians.
Wafa, the authoritative Palestinian quality agency, with a highlighted conception dedicated to covering the regular activities of Abbas, did not study his travel to Qatar.
This seemingly followed an outcry astatine location implicit leaked documents purportedly showing the embattled person traveling to Qatar with a ample entourage of adjacent household members and aids. The documents, which appeared earlier this period but were not independently authenticated, besides showed edifice bills of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The papers archetypal appeared connected societal media pages associated with Hamas, the militant radical that rules the Gaza Strip since ousting pro-Abbas forces successful 2007.
Based successful the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority has progressively go unpopular implicit accusations of corruption, silencing of critics, and mismanagement that exasperated its fiscal crisis. Hamas, which runs Gaza nether an Israeli-Egyptian blockade and repeated conflicts with Israel, is not faring immoderate better.
The 2022 World cupful successful Qatar kicks disconnected Sunday.
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