conflict between the secular left-wing and the fundamentalist right-wing forces in the State of Palestine
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Fatah–Hamas conflict Part of Palestinian internal political violence
Map of the Gaza Strip
Map of the Gaza Strip
Commanders and leaders
Ismail Haniyeh
Khaled Mashal
Mohammed Deif
Yahya Sinwar
Mohammed Sinwar Mahmoud Abbas
Mohammed Dahlan
Hossam al-Astal
Rami Khalas
Mohammed Dahlan
Hossam al-Astal
Rami Khalas
Fatah–Hamas conflict Part of Palestinian internal political violence
Map of the Gaza Strip
Map of the Gaza Strip
Commanders and leaders
Ismail Haniyeh
Khaled Mashal
Mohammed Deif
Yahya Sinwar
Mohammed Sinwar Mahmoud Abbas
Mohammed Dahlan
Hossam al-Astal
Rami Khalas
Mohammed Dahlan
Hossam al-Astal
Rami Khalas
Wikipedia
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Fatah–Hamas conflict - Wikipedia
4 days ago - The Fatah–Hamas conflict (Arabic: النزاع بين فتح وحماس, romanized: an-Nizāʿ bayna Fataḥ wa-Ḥamās) is an ongoing political and strategic conflict between Fatah and Hamas, the two main Palestinian political parties in the Palestinian territories, leading to the Hamas ...
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Battle of Gaza (2007) - Wikipedia
2 weeks ago - It was a prominent event in the Fatah–Hamas conflict, centered on the struggle for power after the fall of the National Unity Government between Hamas and Fatah, which was dissolved shortly afterwards.
Reddit
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r/geopolitics on Reddit: What is Hamas relationship to Fatah and how much support do Hamas have in the West bank?
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As this might be the difference between a two front war (Hezbollah from the north) and a three front war (from the West bank) for Israel.
Im fairly new to this so please excuse me if this is considered common knowledge in this group. I have tried finding info online.
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They are rival political factions. Fatah is a part of the original PLO and, perhaps due to its experience and duration, leans towards negotiations and dialogue and tends away from (but does not completely exclude) violence as policy. Hamas was formed in the 1980s and has ties to Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood - Israel also alleges that it has connections to ISIS. Unlike Fatah, it is also backed by the government in Iran and supplied by Iran-friendly countries (notably the DPRK). After the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005-6 (thus Israel has had no presence in Gaza for nearly two decades and does not "occupy" Gaza), Hamas was elected to govern Gaza but has nothing positive to show for it. Further, as the latest attacks demonstrate, Hamas is still committed to the use of mass political violence as a primary policy. It should be noted that Hamas is not a resistance organization, as it governed an unoccupied territory that happens to be surrounded by two unfriendly powers (Israel and Egypt; of the two, Egypt maintains a stricter blockade, as Israel at least provided water, electricity, and Internet for free to Gaza until this past weekend), which is not an uncommon situation worldwide (cf. Armenia's position in the Caucusus). Given that Fatah sees its own approach as more constructive towards the actual achievement of Palestinian Arab sovereignty, and Hamas continues to make maximalist/unrealistic demands completely divorced from practical reality, their perspectives are markedly different regarding the path to and form of Palestinian Arab sovereignty. Hamas may have some popular sympathy in the West Bank, but it does not have enough political support there to cause militants in the West Bank to take any coordinated action against Israel at this time.
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Hamas is the military party that resist occupation, Fatah is the political party that resist occupation. Hamas is mostly in Gaza, hence why most of attacks are from there, while fatah is mostly in West bank Both dislike each other but hate Israel more Fatah used to get more support than hamas but hamas gained alot of momentum as fatah failed to resist on going illegal settlements expansion. That's my 2 cents on the situation take it with a grain of salt. Ps: i don't support either Israel actions or hamas target civilians and innocent people.
Amazon
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Amazon.com: Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle For Palestine: 9780230609051: Schanzer, Jonathan, Pipes, Daniel: Books
What began as a political rivalry between Fatah's Yasir Arafat and Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin during the first intifada of 1987 evolved into a full-blown battle on the streets of Gaza between the forces of Arafat's successor, Mahmoud Abbas, ...
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Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle For Palestine : Schanzer, Jonathan, Pipes, Daniel: Amazon.ca: Books
What began as a political rivalry between Fatah's Yasir Arafat and Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin during the first intifada of 1987 evolved into a full-blown battle on the streets of Gaza between the forces of Arafat's successor, Mahmoud Abbas, and Ismael Haniyeh, one of Yassin's early protégés.
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The two most dominant parties in the Palestinian political scene, Fatah and Hamas, don’t really see eye to eye on a few things. Here are some of their disagr...
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Simple English Wikipedia
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Fatah–Hamas conflict - Simple English Wikipedia, the free ...
August 4, 2025 - The Fatah–Hamas conflict is an ongoing inter-Palestinian militant conflict between Fatah, based in the West Bank, and Hamas, based in the Gaza Strip. The conflict began after the Second Intifada because Fatah disputed Hamas winning 2006 elections ...
Chatham House
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The Fatah–Hamas agreement increases Chinese influence in Palestinian affairs. But the road to unity is rocky
July 24, 2024 - In the new declaration, Fatah compromises on most of Hamas’s demands, including forming a unity government overseeing the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. It agrees to general elections, and the right to ‘resist the occupation’ by all possible means (including armed struggle, which contradicts Fatah’s doctrine).
The Times of Israel
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Fatah vows not to let Hamas ‘replicate its actions’ in West Bank, slams Iran | The Times of Israel
January 12, 2025 - Gaza has been under the authority of Hamas since the terror group seized the territory in a bloody 2007 coup from the PA, which currently rules over parts of the West Bank and is based in Ramallah. Repeated attempts at mending the rift between Fatah and Hamas have failed, wrecked by the factions’ bitter rivalry over power.