Tag: Fatah
After Abbas cancels elections, relations between Fatah and Hamas set to deteriorate
The decision last week by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas to “delay” elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council—and, by all intents and purposes, to cancel them altogether—marked the start of a new phase of deteriorating relations...
Fatah defends terror attack, calls on locals to erase security camera evidence
A branch of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction on Sunday called on Palestinians to delete security camera footage to thwart attempts by Israeli forces to apprehend those responsible for the drive-by shooting in Samaria...
Abbas signals postponement of Palestinian elections, provoking Hamas
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas signaled on Thursday that Palestinian elections, which were scheduled for May 22, would be indefinitely delayed, a move that has angered the Hamas terror group that was preparing to...
After days of rockets on southern Israel, Hamas gets an ultimatum
As part of its power struggle with Fatah, Hamas has been enabling smaller Gazan terror factions to fire rockets at Israeli border communities since Friday.
Since April 23, the smaller armed groups have fired 41...
Report: Abbas adviser says PA elections delayed if voting not allowed in Jerusalem
A senior adviser to Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has said that Palestinian elections will be delayed if Israel does not allow voting in eastern Jerusalem, Lebanese media reported on Tuesday.
“If Israel continues to...
Palestinian elections could jeopardize Fatah’s rule in the West Bank
Should Palestinian elections go ahead in the territories, Fatah’s rule in the West Bank could be significantly jeopardized, an Israeli expert on the Palestinian arena has warned.
Michael Milshtein, head of the Palestinian Studies Forum...
Marwan Barghouti to run against Mahmoud Abbas’s faction on separate ticket
Convicted Palestinian arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences for his involvement in deadly terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians during the Second Intifada, will run his own list of candidates against members...
New decrees by Abbas restrict Palestinian civil society
Two presidential decrees recently issued by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas aroused intense criticism in the P.A. The first, issued on March 2, imposes severe restrictions on the activity and finances of Palestinian civil...
Could Palestinian elections spell bad news for US and Israel?
Israel is not the only one headed to elections this spring. Palestinians made headlines across the news media recently for an unexpected reason: the announcement of new elections for the first time in 15...
Fatah lauds Munich Olympics massacre as a ‘quality operation’
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction posted a video last week praising Black September commander Ali Hassan Salameh, one of the architects of the 1972 Munich massacre.
In the video, posted to the Facebook...