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The following political parties, listed in alphabetic order, have taken part in recent elections for the Palestinian National Authority in the Palestinian territories: In 1994, The Palestinian Authority was formed, the governing body for the interim period pending final status negotiations.
Hamas and Fatah are the two most dominant parties in the Palestinian political scene. On Thursday, the two movements announced they had reached a deal to end a decade-long rift that brought...
Since 2006, the Gaza Strip has been controlled by Hamas, an armed group and political party that was founded during the first Palestinian “intifada,” or uprising, against Israeli rule in...
In 2022, delegates from 14 Palestinian factions got together in Algiers to sign a new reconciliation deal, with plans to hold parliamentary elections by the end of 2023 – it would have been the...
Palestinian factions and bitter foes Hamas and Fatah have signed a declaration in China vowing to form a unity government that would rule over the occupied West Bank and Gaza when the Israel-Hamas war ends.
Fatah, political and military organization of Arab Palestinians, founded in the late 1950s by Yassir Arafat and Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad) with the aim of wresting Palestine from Israeli control by waging low-intensity guerrilla warfare.
Hamas was founded in 1987 following the start of the First Intifada, or Palestinian uprising, as a Palestinian offshoot of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist social and political...
Last week’s attack on Israel has brought not just Hamas under the spotlight, but also other significant players in Palestine such as Fatah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), and Palestinian Authority (PA). Here is a quick look at each of them — their history, objectives, and role in the Israel ...
In Ramallah, camps have emerged between the Muqata’a (Abbas and his advisers), Fatah (the largest, most mainstream Palestinian political party) and Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) factions.
If Palestinian party leaders fail to present a unified front, the US will likely work with Israel and its trusted ‘old guard’ Palestinian interlocutors to impose a solution on Gaza.