GAZA -- Initial Palestinian reports late Sunday indicated that the leaders of the rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas might have found a way to break a long political deadlock by forming an interim unity government that would be led, at least at first, by Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority based in the West Bank. Mr....
AMMAN, Jordan -- Khaled Meshal, the leader of Hamas, made a rare and pointedly low-key visit to Jordan on Sunday, days after Hamas officials signaled that he had effectively abandoned the group's base in Damascus, the Syrian capital. Mr. Meshal and a delegation from Hamas's political bureau, including his deputy, Mousa Abu Marzook, arrived in Amman...
GAZA -- The Palestinian militant group Hamas announced Saturday that its political leader, Khaled Meshal, would not seek re-election, opening the door to a possible leadership contest and adding to the uncertainty enveloping Hamas at a time of regional turmoil. Mr. Meshal, who has led the group's political bureau since 1996 and is the face of...
Fatah er en palæstinensisk socialistisk organisation, og den vigtigste deltager i PLO. Organisationen er grundlagt, og i mange år ledet af Yasser Arafat. Efter Arafats død 11. november 2004 ledes den af Mahmoud Abbas.
Navnet "Fatah" er et akronym for Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (arabisk, bevægelsen for frigørelse af det palæstinensiske hjemland). Ordet "Fatah" betyder også "Erobring" på arabisk.
Fatah blev oprettet i 1959 med det formål at befri Palæstina og udslette Israel, som led i en verdensomspændende bevægelse startet i Egypten. I 1967-1968 sluttede Fatah sig til PLO og var allerede i 1969 den ledende kraft. Fatahs ledere blev udvist til Libanon fra Jordan efter voldelige sammenstød med jordanske styrker i perioden 1970-1971, som begyndte med Sorte September i 1970. Fold ud