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On This Day: Fatah, Hamas factions form short-lived 'Palestinian Unity Government' to rule over PA

On June 2, 2014, Abbas forged a Hamas-Fatah unity government, sparking legal debates and political upheaval. The PA president dissolved the short-lived body in June 2015.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas chairs the first meeting of the Palestinian unity government, June 2, 2014.
 Mohammed Dahlan, a former Fatah security chief, in his office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. STRINGER/ REUTERS ID: 546201 Image Remarks:

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Shin Bet director David Zini participates in the state memorial ceremony for the October 7 massacre on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, October 16, 2025

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino (C) interacts with the President of the Palestine Football Association Jibril Rajoub as the Vice-President of Israel Football Association Basim Sheikh Suliman (L) looks on during a heated moment in the 76th FIFA Congress in Vancouver, Canada on April 30. PremiumPremium

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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.

 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.

 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."

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.

 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.

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

 Zakaria Zubeidi. Jenin, December 30, 2004.

Hamas, Palestinian Authority trade blows over human shields, West Bank operations

Fatah said it wouldn't allow Hamas "to reproduce its activities in the West Bank" and that the terror group jeopardized the Palestinian people.

 Gunmen stand during the funeral of Palestinian Ribhi Shalabi, who was killed in clashes with Palestinian Authority forces, in Jenin camp in the West Bank, December 10, 2024.

Gaza clans, dignitaries call for PA’s return

These coordinated calls from Gaza’s traditional leadership structures could potentially influence discussions about the territory’s future governance arrangements.

The Gaza City and northern Gaza clan leaders called on the Palestinian Authority to govern the Gaza Strip.

PA official: 'Battle in 1967 occupied lands open,' but coordination with Fatah required

Jibril Rajoub, long time Fatah politician and current president of the Palestinian Football Association, called on Palestinian armed terrorists to coordinate their ‘resistance’ endeavors with Fatah.

 Head of the Palestinian Football Association Jibril Rajoub holds a news conference to update the media about challenges facing Palestinian sports ahead of the Olympics in Paris, in Ramallah, in the West Bank June 12, 2024.

Palestinian Authority freezes Al Jazeera operations in West Bank

The freeze in operations follows Fatah's December 23 announcement that they will ban the media giant after inciting during clashes in Jenin.

 AL JAZEERA headquarters in Doha, Qatar.

Fatah official: Trump's White House return will destroy Iran and Hamas

Fatah leaders interviewed by the New York Post acknowledged Israel's right to exist while condemning the expansion of settlements in the West Bank.

 “We are confronting Hamas’ ideology,” Mohammad Hamdan, Secretary General of the PA’s ruling Fatah party, told The Post.