Fatah
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Fatah
فتح |
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| President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Founder | Yasser Arafat |
| Founded | 1959 as a political movement 1965 as a political party |
| Headquarters | Ramallah, West Bank |
| Youth wing | Fatah Youth |
| Ideology |
Palestinian nationalism Secularism Social democracy Two-state solution |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| National affiliation | Palestine Liberation Organization |
| European affiliation |
Party of European Socialists (observer)
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| International affiliation |
Progressive Alliance Socialist International |
| Colors | Yellow |
| Slogan | "Ya Jabal Ma yhezak Reeh" ("The winds cannot shake the mountain")
"Revolution until victory" |
| Palestinian Legislative Council |
45 / 132
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| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
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Fataḥ (Arabic: فتح Fatḥ), formerly the Palestinian National Liberation Movement is a Palestinian nationalist political party and the largest faction of the confederated multi-party Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Fatah is generally considered to have had a strong involvement in revolutionary struggle in the past and has maintained a number of militant groups. Fatah had been closely identified with the leadership of its founder Yasser Arafat, until his death in 2004. Since Arafat's departure, factionalism within the ideologically diverse movement has become more apparent.
In the 2006 parliamentary election, the party lost its majority in the Palestinian parliament to Hamas. However, the Hamas legislative victory led to a conflict between Fatah and Hamas, with Fatah retaining control of the Palestinian National Authority in the West Bank.
The full name of the movement is حركة التحرير الوطني الفلسطيني ḥarakat al-taḥrīr al-waṭanī al-Filasṭīnī, meaning the "Palestinian National Liberation Movement". From this was crafted the reverse acronym Fatḥ (Fatah) meaning "opening", "conquering", or "victory". The word "fatḥ" or "fatah" is used in religious discourse to signify the Islamic expansion in the first centuries of Islamic history –as in Fatḥ al-Sham, the "conquering of the Levant". "Fatah" also has religious significance in that it is the name of the 48th sura (chapter) of the Quran which, according to major Muslim commentators, details the story of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah. (During the peaceful two years after the Hudaybiyyah treaty, many converted to Islam, increasing the strength of the Muslim side. It was the breach of this treaty by the Quraysh that triggered the conquest of Mecca. This Islamic precedent was cited by Yasser Arafat as justification for his signing the Oslo Accords with Israel.
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