Fatah
Guide Note: Fatah is a major Palestinian political party and the largest organization in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), a multi-party confederation.
Fast Facts
- 1950s: Founded by Yasser Arafat to promote armed struggle to liberate all Palestine from Israeli control
- Fatah is a reverese acronym from Arabic name: Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini - translation: "Palestinian National Liberation Movement"
- Fatah lost power in the 2006 parliamentary elections to Hamas
Also try: Mahmoud Abbas
Also try: Hamas
Also try: Fatah-Hamas Conflict
Also try: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Also try: Arafat Rally
The Mahalo Top 7
- Wikipedia: Fatah Overview
- Fateh.net: Constitution
- Encyclopedia of the Orient: Al-Fatah
- NPR: The Palestinian Faction Fatah: A Primer
- CounterPunch: Christopher Brauchli: Why Bush is Arming Fatah
- The Independent: "Fatah Seeks Weapons Deal with Israel" (2007)
- BBC News: Palestinian Rivals: Fatah and Hamas
Fatah Recent News
- BBC News: Fatah
- The New York Times: Search for "Fatah"
- Al Jazeera English: Hamas-Fatah Truce Breaks Down (2007)
- Jerusalem Post: Abbas Accuses Hamas of Staging a 'Bloody Coup' (2007)
Fatah Background and Articles
- Omedia: The Security Agenda- The Two Faces of Fatah
- BBC News: Fatah: Political Heavyweight Floored (2006)
- BBC News: Fatah: Political Heavyweight Floored
- People's Daily: Background: Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah)
- Institute for Middle East Understanding: What is Fatah?
Conflict Between Hamas and Fatah
- Mahalo's page on Hamas
- The Nation: Uneasy Calm in Palestine (2006)
- Guardian Unlimited: Q and A: Gaza's Civil War
- Times Online: Q&A: Hamas and the Violence in Gaza
- Salon: The Palestinians' War Within
- Guardian Unlimited: Profiles: Fatah and Hamas
Yasser Arafat
- Salon: After Arafat (2005)
- Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
- BBC News: Obituary: Yasser Arafat
- CBC News: Arafat Timeline
Mahmood Abbas
- Mahalo's page on Mahmoud Abbas
- BBC News: Profile: Mahmoud Abbas
- Times Online: Analysis: The Future is Bleak for Abbas (2007)
Fatah Commentary and Criticism
- The Huffington Post: Fatah
- Omedia: Security Agenda- The Two Faces of Fatah
- Times Online: "How Islamists Drew Strength From Failures of Old Guard" (2007)
Fatah Videos and Media
- BBC Video Search: "Fatah"
- NPR: Search for "Fatah"
- Yahoo! Image Search: "Fatah"
- Fox News: "Fatah"
- ABC News Videos:: "Fatah Search"
Fatah Blogs and Message Boards
- Google Blog Search: Fatah
- CounterPunch: Christopher Brauchli: Why Bush is Arming Fatah
Fatah Timeline
- 1958: Yasser Arafat helps found the Fatah movement
- 1964: PLO founded
- 1965: Fatah creates military wing
- 1967: Israel wins 6 day war
- 1969: Fatah gained control of the executive bodies of the PLO
- 1978: PLO headquarters in Beirut bombed, 150 killed
- 1987: Hamas founded
- 1987: The First Intifada
- 1993: Oslo Accords
- 2000: The Second Intifada
- 2006, Jan: Hamas victorious in legislative election
- 2007, June: Hamas attempts takeover of Gaza ending coalition with Fatah
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