Fatah

The Palestinian Fatah party held elections, is a ‘new’ leadership emerging? - analysis

Fifty-nine candidates competed for 18 seats on the Central Committee, while 456 members competed for 80 seats on the Revolutionary Council, which serves as the movement's parliament.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026.
Samer arrested for protesting checkpoints in 1995.

Abbas holding Palestinians hostage with Western help, Fatah opposition figure says - exclusive

Samer Sinijlawi told The Jerusalem Post that Western Leaders need to stop pushing the idea that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is the moderate choice.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
PEOPLE HOLD signs and Palestinian flags as they protest the arrest of former Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil and show support for Palestinians during a "Fight for Our Rights" demonstration at the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington, on March 15, 2025.

Seattle cultural festival applauds Palestinian terrorist speaker released in October 7 deal

Raed Abduljalil told participants of the Palestinian Cultural Resistance Festival, that their actions were "an essential part of the battle we are waging against the occupation and its supporters."

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Yousef al-Jaabari (R), candidate of the Palestinian Fatah movement, casts his ballot at a polling station during municipal elections in the West Bank city of Hebron on April 25, 2026.

Fatah says it claimed ‘sweeping victory’ in local elections, despite democratic shortcomings

Fatah said it won most local councils, including Jenin, where the Palestinian Authority was previously accused of losing control to Hamas-linked Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

French prosecutors seek trial of six over 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant

The terrorists were members of the Fatah-Revolutionary Council (Fatah-RC), a now-defunct radical Palestinian dissident terror group that was based in Iraq at the time and led by Abu Nidal.

JULY 9, 2025ByREUTERS
Firemen evacuate a murdered person after the French-Jewish delicatessen restaurant Jo Goldenberg in Paris was attacked by Palestinian terrorist gunmen that threw a grenade into the restaurant and shot at customers with sub-machine guns, killing six customers and injuring 22 others, August 8, 1982.

Katz orders continued IDF operations in Gaza, regardless of negotiations

Following the statements, Fatah spokesperson Munther al-Hayek has called for Hamas to step down from governing Gaza.

JUNE 1, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz over a background of humanitarian trucks entering the Gaza Strip; Illustrative

Al Jazeera reporter calls on Hamas to treat protesters, Fatah members as ‘traitors’

The call was understood by many Palestinians as a direct incitement to kill Fatah members and protestors, sparking rage online.

APRIL 3, 2025ByOHAD MERLIN
Hamas terrorists in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. February 4, 2025.

Hamas tells Arab media it is not committed to ruling in Gaza, committed to national consensus

Hamas's comments come after days of increased military pressure by the IDF and diplomatic pressure from Qatar and Fatah.

MARCH 22, 2025ByYUVAL BARNEA
(Illustrative) Hamas terrorists in front of an Iranian flag and an American embassy.

Gazans credit Trump for ceasefire, reject Hamas rule in Gaza, new poll finds

70% of Gazans believe that Hamas does not have the power to 'control the situation,' the poll found.

MARCH 2, 2025ByARIELA OHRENSTEIN
Small minority of Gazans want Hamas to continue after war, new poll shows.

The PA may want to run Gaza, but it would face numerous obstacles - analysis

Fatah spokesperson Maher al-Namoura says the Palestinian Authority is ready to govern and rebuild Gaza as ceasefire talks and discussions on the strip’s future continue.

FEBRUARY 17, 2025BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A Palestinian woman holds a picture of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, in Gaza City, January 1, 2020

Abbas risks Palestinian backlash over restructuring of 'pay-to-slay'

Scrapping the system of salary-type payments has been a major demand of successive US administrations. Abbas had long resisted pressure to halt the program.

FEBRUARY 11, 2025ByREUTERS
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2024.

High-ranking released terrorist calls for ‘resistance,’ alleges abuse in prison

Zakaria Zubeidi, who was released as part of a ceasefire-hostage deal with Hamas, asserted that "resistance… will lead us to freedom."

JANUARY 31, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Zakaria Zubeidi, commander of armed wing the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, is greeted by his relatives as part of the third batch of the first phase of the hostage swap agreement between Hamas and Israel in Ramallah, West Bank on January 30, 2025.

Fatah terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi released with 109 Palestinian prisoners

Terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi, a 2021 Gilboa prison escapee, was released on Thursday.

JANUARY 31, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A crowd greets Zakaria Zubeidi who were released in a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas as he arrives to the West Bank city of Ramallah, January 30, 2025.

Who is Zakaria Zubeidi, the Fatah terrorist to be released in the ceasefire deal? - explainer

Zubeidi was born in 1976 to a family of nine in Jenin, a Palestinian city in the West Bank.

JANUARY 18, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Zakaria Zubeidi. Jenin, December 30, 2004.