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Fatah Central Committee secretary-general reveals Hamas talks in Turkey, doubts elections - report

According to a source who spoke with the Palestinian Press Network, Rajoub also met with mukhtars, or clan leaders, from the Gaza Strip in an effort to potentially create his own alliance.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-CONFLICT-WEST BANK Palestinian Vice President Hussein Al-Sheikh (L) and head of the Palestinian Football Association and Palestine Olympic Committee, Jibril Rajoub (C) arrive to attend the football match between Jabal Al-Mukaber and Shabab Al-Khalil teams.
A man drives a tuk-tuk past portraits of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (C) and former Fatah security chief in Gaza Mohammed Dahlan (R) in Beirut's Burj al-Barajneh camp for Palestinian refugees on May 14, 2024; illustrative.

Mohammed Dahlan’s faction seeks to end Palestinian infighting, unifying with Hamas, PIJ, Fatah

A letter seen by The Jerusalem Post shows Fatah's reformist factions, led by Mohammed Dahlan, aiming to unify with Hamas.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
An IDF infographic detailing the biography of Hamas terrorist Hudhaifa Khaled Suleiman, published August 14, 2026

IDF kills Hamas company commander who posed threat to troops, civilians

The IDF used precise munitions and aerial surveillance in order to mitigate harm to civilians.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
Palestinian gunmen from the Balata Brigade of the Fatah movement carry their weapons during a military parade, in Balata refugee camp, in the West Bank, on November 4, 2022.

Fatah skips Cairo talks as Hamas delays Gaza disarmament

France 24’s Arabic service noted that many believe Fatah’s stretches of absence were due to the Democratic Reform Bloc’s participation.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Abbas: Fatah will hold major congress this year

The last Fatah General Congress took place in 2009 in Bethlehem, with more than 1,000 Fatah members participating.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016ByADAM RASGON
Mahmoud Abbas

Palestinian High Court suspends municipal elections

The elections were supposed to take place in 416 locales on October 8, but have been suspended until an undetermined date.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016ByADAM RASGON
A Gaza man reads a newspaper, featuring the Israeli election on its front page, in Khan Younis, March 18.

Central Elections Commission announces Fatah has already won 132 locales

Palestinian researcher says Fatah cannot declare itself the dominant force in Palestinian society.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016ByADAM RASGON
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at a Fatah conference in Ramallah in 2009.

Hamas and Fatah spar ahead of upcoming municipal elections

The Palestinian Central Elections Commission said that it received 163 objections to various candidates in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, but only disqualified seven candidates.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016ByADAM RASGON
Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad (L) and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

Hamas official: We will skip Jenin election

A Hamas spokesman in the Gaza Strip said the moment still has not published an official statement regarding the election in Jenin.

AUGUST 25, 2016ByADAM RASGON
Hamas leaders (top) join hands as they take part in a rally marking the 28th anniversary of Hamas' founding

All Hamas’s hard work

A Hamas victory over Fatah in the elections should not be cause for Israeli concern. On the contrary, unlike Abbas, Hamas is clear – in all languages – about its aim for Israel’s annihilation.

AUGUST 14, 2016ByRUTHIE BLUM
A Palestinian Hamas militant takes part in a rally marking the twelfth anniversary of the death of late Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in Gaza City

PA withdraws recognition of al-Aksa University in light of struggle with Hamas

The Palestinian Authority (PA) Education Ministry announced on Tuesday that it revoked its recognition of al-Aksa University, a PA-funded public university in Gaza City.

AUGUST 10, 2016ByADAM RASGON
Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (R) waves as he hosts PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah at his house in Gaza City October 9, 2014.

JPost Editorial: Palestinian elections

It is unlikely that elections held in either Gaza or the West Bank will be particularly free or fair...

AUGUST 8, 2016ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Palestinian president Abbas stands between PM Haniyeh and senior Fatah leader Dahlan in Gaza

Abbas's Harshest Critic

Dahlan, born in 1961 in the Khan Younis refugee camp, first rose to the top of the Palestinian leadership when Yasser Arafat appointed him as chief of security in 1995.

JULY 24, 2016ByADAM RASGON
Palestinian cabinet minister Dahlan returns to Gaza from treatment abroad

THE PAST IS THE PRESENT - בימים ההם בזמן הז

JULY 15, 2016ByMICHAEL JARON
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