The fall of Fatah

Jerusalem Post;  March 26, 2007 ;   BARRY RUBIN;   787 words ......Post 03-26-2007 Headline: The fall of Fatah Byline: BARRY RUBIN Edition; Daily Section...exactly 40 years ago, the nationalist group Fatah took over the Palestinian movement. That long reign ended last week when Fatah accepted a junior partnership to Hamas...

The Making of an Egyptian Arab Nationalist: The Early Years of Azzam...

The Muslim World;  April 1, 2002 ;   Gordon, Joel;   739 words ...The Making of an Egyptian Arab Nationalist: The Early Years of Azzam...Rahman Azzam, the premier Arab nationalist diplomat of his day, in many...intellectual biography, an "Egyptian Arab nationalist." This designation, as Coury...

Fatah leader Sheikh backs terror attacks inside Israel

Jerusalem Post;  January 8, 2001 ;   LAMIA LAHOUD;   484 words ......LAHOUD Jerusalem Post 01-08-2001 Headline: Fatah leader Sheikh backs terror attacks inside...25, a Jordanian citizen and member of Fatah who admitted planting a bomb on a Dan bus in Tel Aviv on December 28, a Fatah leader from the West Bank did not rule...

Fatah to mark founding by stepping up attacks

Jerusalem Post;  December 31, 2000 ;   LAMIA LAHOUD;   493 words ......LAHOUD Jerusalem Post 12-31-2000 Headline: Fatah to mark founding by stepping up attacks...Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement yesterday called for attacks on...only method, of achieving independence,"Fatah declared. Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti...

A tired Fatah struggles.

Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA);  December 22, 2006 ;   Warwick, Ned;   787 words ...Byline: Ned Warwick RAMALLAH, West Bank _ Fatah, once the fiery Palestinian party of kaffiyeh-weari...corruption and lacking a unifying agenda, Fatah is struggling today to stay relevant. Last...streets of Gaza between the gunmen for Fatah and its prime adversary, the Islamist party...

Fatah members warn of war within party. Compromise list described as proff...

Jerusalem Post;  December 30, 2005 ;   MATTHEW GUTMAN;   761 words ......GUTMAN Jerusalem Post 12-30-2005 Headline: Fatah members warn of war within party. Compromise...04 Friday, December 30, 2005 -- Twelve Fatah members huddle around electric heaters...foreigners and lobbed rockets into Israel. Fatah's leader, Palestinian Authority Chairman...

Shut your eyes and think of Palestine; Hamas and Fatah.(Will Hamas and...

The Economist (US);  May 6, 2006 ;     739 words ...Hamas ministers under Fatah's eyes A difficult marriage but one of...at the incident in Gaza last week when Fatah militiamen shot their way into the health...wrote to Mahmoud Abbas. The president, a Fatah man, accepted in principle . Most Palestinian...

Released Fatah member aims to reform faction. 'Corruption has become part...

Jerusalem Post;  September 1, 2008 ;   KHALED ABU TOAMEH;   787 words ...Headline: Released Fatah member aims to reform faction. 'Corruption...slogan sums up the story of Khader, a young Fatah member of the Palestinian Legislative Council...attacks on Yasser Arafat and the veteran Fatah leadership earned him many enemies over...

The challenge of Hamas to Fatah.

Middle East Quarterly;  March 22, 2003 ;   Schanzer, Jonathan;   787 words ......international press lavished attention on the Fatah-Hamas summit held in Cairo in mid-November 2002. According to reports, Fatah (the leading faction backing Yasir Arafat...many sensitive issues. In particular, Fatah sought to persuade Hamas to desist from...

Fatah rides populism with prisoner issue

Jerusalem Post;  June 21, 1995 ;   LAMIA LAHOUD;   729 words ...LAMIA LAHOUD Jerusalem Post 06-21-1995 THE Fatah Higher Council this week opened a campaign...them. The open-ended strike called by the Fatah Prisoners Committee started Sunday. Marwan...operations at sea or in Lebanon. On Monday Fatah organized the first demonstration in Jericho...

Fatah wins despite Hamas strong showing. Exit poll: Hamas takes third of...

Jerusalem Post;  January 26, 2006 ;   KHALED ABU TOAMEH;   560 words ......TOAMEH Jerusalem Post 01-26-2006 Headline: Fatah wins despite Hamas strong showing. Exit...published late Wednesday night showed that Fatah had succeeded in maintaining its status...second. But most of the exit polls gave Fatah only a slim lead over Hamas. The results...

News Analysis: Fatah endures internal hardship ahead of Jan. polls

Xinhua News Agency;  November 29, 2005 ;     485 words ...News Analysis: Fatah endures internal hardship ahead of Jan...Saud Abu Ramadan GAZA, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Fatah, the dominant political faction led by...2006. The internal difficulty came when Fatah's first ever primaries were suspended on...

Tensions between Fatah and PA increase

Jerusalem Post;  January 7, 2003 ;   KHALED ABU TOAMEH;   580 words ...00-00-0000 Headline: Tensions between Fatah and PA increase Byline: KHALED ABU TOAMEH...signs of growing tension on Monday between Fatah and the Palestinian Authority in the aftermath...twin suicide attacks in Tel Aviv. Although Fatah's political leadership issued a statement...

Nationalist Fatah Party Sowed, Now Islamist Hamas Reaps

Jewish Exponent;  February 2, 2006 ;   Rubin, Barry;   682 words ......the material conditions of the Palestinians. So if Fatah is incapable of achieving anything material, why should Palestinians support it? Moreover, Fatah and the Palestinian Authority systematically extolled...nationalists sowed, the Islamists reaped. It will be hard for Fatah or Palestinian nationalism ...

fatah vs. hamas a look inside the conflict.(Front)

The Virginian Pilot;  June 21, 2007 ;     645 words ......THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RAMALLAH, West Bank Fatah's old demons - lack of leadership, petty...systematically built and hoarded weapons, Fatah failed to prepare in time for the inevitable...militants. In regular fighting, disorganized Fatah fighters were outgunned and overrun by...