Fatah
Irregular Military and Political Party
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Palestine hopes for prisoner swap...giving a taste of what he might stand for if freed. He advocated a return to his 2006 Prisoners Document as a basis for uniting Hamas and Fatah, which he sees as a priority. He also underlined the need for more "resistance". "Anyone... In this article: Marwan Barghouti, Fatah, Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, and West Bank |
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Yahoo! News | 3 days ago
Israel announces partial settlement freeze (Reuters)
...2006 hope to trade him for hundreds of prisoners in Israeli jails. A deal would give a boost to Hamas, which seized the territory from Abbas's Fatah faction in 2007. (Additional reporting by Sangwon Yoon in Jerusalem, Erika Solomon in...
In this article: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Jerusalem, West Bank, Mahmoud Abbas, United States, Gilad Shalit, Hamas, Hillary Clinton, and Ehud Barak
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TIME | 13 hours ago
Israel and Hamas Inch Closer to a Prisoner Deal
...to be signaling an end to his own tenure. In a prison interview published in an Italian newspaper on Wednesday, Barghouti signaled his intention to unify Fatah and Hamas and to run for president. He also argued that the abduction of Shalit...
In this article: Hamas, Marwan Barghouti, Gilad Shalit, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Meir Shamgar
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JPost.com Op-Ed Contributors | 10 hours ago
Questions people are afraid to ask Salam Fayyad
...entire Quartet as a terrorist entity. Yet in March 2007, Fatah and Hamas briefly formed a "unity government" - negotiated by Saudi Arabia via the Mecca Accord - that saw Fatah acceding to Hamas demands. It fell apart with the Hamas coup in...
In this article: Salam Fayyad, Hamas, Israel, Palestine, West Bank, Howard Berman, and Joe Lieberman
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washingtonpost.com | November 18, 2009
Israeli air strikes wound three in Gaza: Hamas
...in a cross-border 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...
In this article: Gaza, Hamas, Gaza Strip, Israel, Gilad Shalit, and Mahmoud Abbas
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | November 12, 2009
Palestinian electoral body postpones January polls
...clear now that we cannot hold an election in Gaza." The Palestinians have been divided between two governments since Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007 from Mr Abbas' Fatah movement. Mr Abbas' Western-backed government controls only the...
In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas, Gaza, Palestinian election, and West Bank
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USATODAY.com | November 12, 2009
Palestinians recommend calling off upcoming vote
...to reach national unity and reconciliation." The Palestinians have been divided between two governments since Hamas violently seized control of Gaza in 2007 from Abbas' Fatah movement. Abbas' Western-backed government controls only the...
In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gaza, Palestinian election, West Bank, Barack Obama, and Israel
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For Gaza's homeless, holiday is time for despair
...to interim peace deals with Israel. Unlike the rival, secular Fatah movement headed by the Ramallah-based Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas does not support a permanent peace deal with Israel. Restrictions placed on supplies to...
In this article: Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Eid al-Adha, United Nations, Mahmoud Abbas, Ramallah, and Gaza Strip
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BBC News | November 17, 2009
Political turmoil
...unity government was formed the following year, but fell apart. Street fighting broke out in Gaza, which resulted in Hamas expelling Fatah security forces from the Gaza Strip. The PLC has not met since June 2007. In June 2006, after the...
In this article: Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Gaza, Pennsylvania, West Bank, Ismail Haniya, and Salam Fayyad
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Not to be confused with Fatah Revolutionary Council also known as Abu Nidal Organization
Fataḥ (Arabic: فتح) (also known as Fateh) is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum. It is mainly nationalist although not predominantly socialist. Its main goal, as stated in Article 12 of the official Fatah constitution is the "complete liberation of Palestine, and eradication of Zionist economic, political, military and cultural existence." (http://www.alzaytouna.net/arabic/?c97061)
Fatah is generally considered to have had a strong involvement in revolutionary struggle in the past and has maintained a number of militant/terrorist groups, though unlike its rival Islamist faction Hamas, Fatah is not currently regarded as a terrorist organization by any government.
In the January 25, 2006 parliamentary election, the party lost its majority in the Palestinian parliament to Hamas, and resigned all cabinet positions, instead assuming the role as the main opposition party.
- Local Name:
- فتح
- Headquarters:
- Ramallah
- Head:
- Mahmoud Abbas
- Ideology:
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- Secularism
- Left-wing nationalism
- Palestinian nationalism
- Socialism
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