Fatah

...government only controls the West Bank. The Election Commission recommended the delay last week because of Hamas opposition. Hamas objected because it said Abbas' Fatah movement pressed forward with election plans without consulting it.

In this article: Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, BBC Arabic, Ramallah, Gaza Strip, Gaza, and Jerusalem

...heads, told Reuters this week they expected the body to effectively extend Abbas's term at a meeting in December. The PLO and the Fatah faction which dominates it have both called on Abbas to stay on as leader. Abbas heads both bodies.

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas, West Bank, Gaza, and BBC Arabic

...leader Marwan Barghouti urges unity Marwan Barghouti was convicted for the killings of four Israelis and a Greek A jailed leader of the Fatah movement, Marwan Barghouti, says Palestinian factions must be united and launch a campaign to...

In this article: Marwan Barghouti, Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Israel, Gaza, East Jerusalem, Appropriation, and Suicide

...raid into Israel in 2006. The blockade was tightened after Hamas ousted the forces of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction in a brief civil war in 2007. Thursday's air strikes occurred at a time when reports both...

In this article: Gaza, Hamas, Gaza Strip, Israel, Gilad Shalit, and Mahmoud Abbas

...set free by Israel. With U.S. peace diplomacy at a standstill, Barghouti said, there is no justification for the split between the Fatah movement he belongs to and the Hamas Islamists who control Gaza. "I do not see that there are...

In this article: Marwan Barghouti, Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, Yasser Arafat, Gaza, West Bank, and Appropriation

...two forensic archaeologists are excavating near the village of Aitta al-Fuqar in the Bekaa Valley. It is the site of a base belonging to Fatah - the Revolutionary Council. The radical and violent Palestinian group was led by Sabri al-Banna,...

In this article: Lebanon, Margaret Thatcher, New York, and Saddam Hussein

THE PALESTINIAN political landscape has undergone many changes over the last few years, mainly due to the unprecedented crisis between Fatah and Hamas. Current tensions and the failure to reform the "Palestinian home," both within and...

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas, Central Committee, Tanzim, Jerusalem, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel, Gaza, and United States

...Palestinian political situation is looking increasingly confused. Badly-needed elections are set to be postponed because of a split between Fatah in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza. To make matter worse, the President of the Palestinian...

In this article: Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Gaza, Pennsylvania, West Bank, Ismail Haniya, and Salam Fayyad

...or leaving - it is what is happening with the peace process," said Mohammed Shtayyeh, a member of the central committee of Mr Abbas's Fatah party and the Palestinian minister for public works and housing. One possibility gaining...

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, United Nations, Israel, Central Committee, and West Bank

...in Gaza, and aims to retaliate for the suppression it says is regularly inflicted on its members by Fatah in the West Bank. One Fatah official said he believed the arrests would continue on into Wednesday, the anniversary day. Ehab...

In this article: Hamas, Yasser Arafat, Gaza, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Allegation, and Mahmoud Abbas