Fatah
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- proper noun
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Fatah
- Today, the gap between Fatah and Hamas in terms of the role of Islam has narrowed.
- Fatah-Hamas
- Fatah and the PLO
- Abbas and Fatah
So make a deal with Fatah that runs the best West Bank.
- So make a deal with Fatah that runs the best West Bank.
- They came in headed by several factions, Fatah, Abu Nidal, Yasser Arafat.
- So, So yeah, they're basically doing these attacks right now in Pakistan, a part of their Fatah war plan.
- They, I mean, it's the same in Judeo and Samaria and the West Bank to it's a less violent group, Fatah.
Examples
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But soon after that, two decisive events convinced Abbas and Fatah that they needed to radically change course.
Academic text (2011) -
Whether this correlates to the way Fatah members actually view conflict with Israel will need to be verified.
Academic text (2011) -
So make a deal with Fatah that runs the best West Bank.
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"What kind of supplies do they send you?" The Fatah captain had to look away.
Fiction book (2002) -
The challenge is the split between Fatah and Hamas.
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Now he organizes for Fatah in France.
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The three-year conflict between Hamas and Fatah is not likely to end soon.
Academic text (2011) -
Many U.S. and European diplomats contrast Fatah's Palestinian nationalism with Hamas's Islamism.
Academic text (2008) -
Having brushed off Obama's entreaties, the Fatah-run Palestinian Authority signed a unity pact with its Hamas rivals this spring.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is the leader of Fatah, a political organization aiming for a Palestinian state.
Synonyms
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A Palestinian political and military group that aims to create a Palestinian state
A political and military group from Palestine started by Yasser Arafat in 1958 that fought for a Palestinian state
Compounds
A Palestinian armed group that split from the PLO in 1974 and carried out attacks in several countries
A Palestinian armed group that split from the PLO in 1974 and carried out attacks in several countries
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fatah comes from the Arabic root fatḥ, which means 'opening' or 'conquest'. The group used Fatah as a short name from its full Arabic name, so the word suggests the idea of 'opening' a path to a Palestinian state.