Fatah gaza

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
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.
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.

IDF braces for Gaza riots along Yellow Line on Friday, Fatah uses social media to spread the word

Southern Command is preparing for violent demonstrations along Gaza’s yellow line Friday as Fatah campaigns against Hamas, conditions in the Gaza Strip, and postponed negotiations.

|ByAMIR BOHBOT
Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

How Hamas’s internal cracks are becoming impossible for Gazans to ignore - opinion

Questions are now growing inside Gaza about whether Hamas still possesses the same solid popular base that once gave the movement its legitimacy after taking control of the Strip in 2007.

|ByMOHAMMED ALTOOLL
Palestinians take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 7, 2023.

Twenty years after Gaza withdrawal, threat of terror remains - opinion

The Palestinians had a chance to build a viable and flourishing presence in Gaza; instead, they opted for terrorism and hate.

|ByMARGOT DUDKEVITCH

PA government convenes in Gaza for the first time in three years

Hamdallah: “I urge everyone without exception to embrace the leadership, reconciliation and national unity and to put our national interest above factional and party considerations and interests.”

OCTOBER 3, 2017ByADAM RASGON
Palestinians celebrate the arrival of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and his government to take control of Gaza from the Islamist Hamas group

Ahead of Gaza reconciliation, Hamas frees Fatah men

Hamas opted for reconciliation with Western-backed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah because it is short of funds and friends.

OCTOBER 1, 2017ByREUTERS
Shadi Abu Obeid (L), a member of the Palestinian Fatah movement, is greeted by a relative in Gaza City after his release from a Hamas prison on October 1, 2017.

Quiet on settlement activity, Mideast Quartet calls for PA control of Gaza

The statement omitted any reference to Israeli settlement activity – a rarity for the Quartet.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017ByMICHAEL WILNER
A Palestinian Hamas militant takes part in a Gaza rally marking the twelfth anniversary of the death of late Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.

Hamas to Abbas: Lift punitive measures against the people of Gaza

Fatah and Hamas officials are slated to meet in Cairo in the next week to discuss reconciliation.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017ByADAM RASGON
A Palestinian woman stands by a fence during a protest calling for an end to the power crisis, outside the power plant in the central Gaza Strip April 23, 2017.

Hamas says it's ready to talk with Fatah

The statement was released following a meeting led by Haniyeh and the Egyptian Intelligence chief.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017ByADAM RASGON
Fatah official Nabil Shaath (L) and Hamas deputy political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh.

Israeli Minister halts Gaza electricity reduction

Gaza is caught in an endless tug of war.

JUNE 1, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Palestinians walk on a road during a power cut in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.

Senior IDF officer: Gaza shortages might lead to confrontation with Hamas

Gaza’s sole functioning power plant shut down last week after fuel supplied by Qatar and Turkey ran out.

APRIL 26, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Palestinians walk on a road during a power cut in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.

Analysis: Fatah vote formalizes rift in Palestinian movement

The divide between Abbas and Dahlan supporters "is a reality now."

DECEMBER 4, 2016ByBEN LYNFIELD
PARTICIPANTS CLAP and cheer before a speech by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during the Fatah Congress in Ramallah

Leaked document confirms Dahlan won’t attend Fatah Congress

Dahlan and many of his allies attended and were elected to leadership positions at the last congress in 2009.

NOVEMBER 20, 2016ByADAM RASGON
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Muhammed Dahlan (right)

Gaza forlorn

Eleven years ago this month, Israel withdrew from Gaza and transferred the entire coastal territory to the Palestinian Authority (PA).

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016ByKENNETH BANDLER
PALESTINIAN MEMBERS of a Hamas unit parade in Gaza on Sunday