Fatah–Hamas conflict

3 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 ...

October 12, 2017 - Hamas, like the Muslim Brotherhood, uses grassroots activism to inform people on its ideology, in places such as mosques and universities. Fatah, on the other hand, no longer carries out such exercises, and relies more on providing financial ...

July 20, 1998 - Amid the disappointment caused by Fatah’s defeat and division and against the backdrop of the popular uprising known as the first intifada (1987–93), the rival Hamas movement was founded to challenge the PLO in 1987.

In a landmark 2006 election, the Palestinians rejected the long-standing political status quo and turned over power to Islamists through the ballot box. It was a stunning upset. Hamas trumped Fatah, the party of Yasser Arafat, which had dominated ...

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.

According to reports, Fatah (the ... over many sensitive issues. In particular, Fatah sought to persuade Hamas to desist from suicide bombings and attacks on civilians in Israel....

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, ...

Currently Fatah governs the Occupied West Bank while Hamas governs the Gaza Strip. The two groups have differing ideologies and, in the past, have held divergent views on the recognition of Israel and the two-state solution.

An expert analysis of the division between Fatah and Hamas, the political fragmentation it has caused, and the challenges to Palestinian national unity. What will it take to achieve reconciliation?

July 23, 2024 - The UN Secretary-General has welcomed a new agreement signed on Tuesday in Beijing by Hamas and Fatah, together with smaller Palestinian factions, aimed at ending years of political rivalry as the war in Gaza grinds on.

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.

Answer (1 of 5): Hamas is the more violent, Fatah is the more corrupt. Both uses “palestinians” for their own purposes. UNRWA and Gaza: When Death Becomes Capital and Refugee Status Eternal The UN agency UNRWA (United Nations Relief and ...

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 ...

December 9, 2008 - A rift between the “old guard” ... 40 years as the ruling Palestinian party, Fatah lost its majority to Hamas in the 2006 parliamentary elections, winning just 43 out of 132 seats....

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).

June 17, 2013 - Two Palestinian politicians from Fatah and Hamas reflect on the divide that left the factions ruling separately in the West Bank and Gaza.

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.

1 day ago - Fatah had been closely identified with the leadership of its founder and chairman, Yasser Arafat, until his death in 2004, when Farouk Kaddoumi constitutionally succeeded him to the position of Fatah Chairman and continued in the position until 2009, when Abbas was elected chairman. Since Arafat's death, factionalism within the ideologically diverse movement has become more apparent. In the 2006 election for the PLC, the party lost its majority in the PLC to Hamas.