Tag: Fatah
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...
Palestinian succession battle heats up as Biden prepares to take office
In the run-up to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, Mohammed Dahlan, the former leader of the PLO’s Fatah faction in Gaza, has launched a major media campaign against Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas.
On...
Top Hamas official enters quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19
Deputy Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri has contracted COVID-19, the terrorist group confirmed on Thursday.
Arouri had entered quarantine and was “doing well,” Hamas said in an official statement.
Arouri is believed to have contracted the disease...
Report: Qatar, Turkey push for Fatah-Hamas coalition
Qatar, with the encouragement of Turkey, has proposed to Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas that he establish a joint partnership with Hamas, Channel 12 reported on Tuesday. According to the proposal, Abbas’s Fatah party is to...
Will Hamas and Fatah unite in force as Israel develops ties to Arab world?
The recent deals to normalize relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and Israel and Bahrain, have led many to conclude that the Arab-Israeli conflict has reached a significant turning point. With the...
Top Hamas official: Hezbollah supported Fatah during Second Intifada
Hamas deputy political bureau head Saleh al-Arouri said on Monday that Lebanese Shi’ite terrorist group Hezbollah’s support for his organization and for Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction had “never ceased.”
During an interview...