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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (2nd L) chairs the eighth Fatah conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 14, 2026. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
May 16, 2026, 1:34 am
Backers of Abbas rival excluded from Fatah confab, despite Egypt’s push for inclusivity
After PA president gave non-committal response to visiting Egyptian official, members of Dahlan-led faction left out of major gathering where elections held for party’s top panels
By Jacob Magid and Nurit Yohanan
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (2nd L) chairs the eighth Fatah conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 14, 2026. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
May 14, 2026, 6:31 pm
Fatah gathers for first election in decade, as PA’s Abbas pledges to continue reforms
3-day confab climaxes with vote for 18-member committee expected to play key role in post-Abbas era; PA president pans Israeli withholding of Ramallah’s funds
By AFP, Nurit Yohanan and Jacob Magid
PA President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech at the European Union Parliament in Brussels on June 23, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS)
September 7, 2023, 3:07 pm
US antisemitism envoy and EU denounce Mahmoud Abbas’s speech: Distorts the Holocaust
Europeans blast ‘grossly misleading’ claims by Palestinian Authority leader that Hitler killed Jews because they were moneylenders, and Ashkenazi Jews are descendants of Khazars
By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses a Nakba Day event at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, May 15, 2023 (Ed Jones/AFP)
September 6, 2023, 5:28 pm
Abbas: Ashkenazi Jews ‘are not Semites,’ Hitler killed them for their ‘social role’
Repeating antisemitic canards he’s previously invoked, Palestinian leader claims European antisemitism the result not of ‘enmity’ toward Jews but to their role as moneylenders
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (on stage, second from right) chairs the 11th session of Fatah's Revolutionary Council on August 26, 2023 in Ramallah (Thaer Ghanayem/via WAFA)
August 27, 2023, 5:44 pm
Fatah council calls for ‘escalation of unarmed resistance’ against Israel
Declaration by West Bank-ruling Palestinian party contrasts with ongoing violence from rival armed groups, which have been eroding its authority
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas flashes the V-sign as Fatah leader Mohammed Dahlan looks on after their meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at his office in the West Bank town of Ramallah, December 18, 2006. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer/File)
September 21, 2020, 11:27 pm
PA arrests ‘dozens’ of associates of Abbas rival Mohammad Dahlan in West Bank
Former Fatah security chief, exiled in the UAE since 2011, is seen as a serious contender for PA president’s throne, blamed by PA for UAE, Bahrain accords with Israel
By Aaron Boxerman
A Palestinian woman walks past closed shops after a strike was called to protest against the social security law proposed by the Palestinian Authority, in the West Bank town of Hebron on January 15, 2019. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
June 17, 2019, 7:46 pm
Fatah calls off strike planned to protest US-led conference in Bahrain
Official says party canceled labor action to avoid hurting businesses, interfering with high school matriculation exams; ‘marches in the homeland and diaspora’ scheduled instead
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas attends a meeting with the Revolutionary Council of the ruling Fatah party on March 1, 2018, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
March 4, 2018, 10:23 pm
Amid health scare, Abbas vows not to end his life as a ‘traitor’
PA leader says he will not cave to US pressure; Fatah council calls for stepping up ‘popular resistance’ by boycotting Israeli goods
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Fatah terror chief Marwan Barghouti, serving five life terms for murder during the Second Intifada, is escorted by Israeli police into Jerusalem's Magistrate Court to testify as part of a US civil lawsuit against Palestinian leaders, in January 2012. (Flash90)
April 5, 2017, 6:05 am
With prison strike, Barghouti hopes to prove Palestinian street is still his
Politically isolated by Ramallah, jailed Palestinian leader looks to send a message that he can still rally the people and make headaches for both Abbas and Israel
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas casts his vote in Fatah elections at the Muqataa, the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the city of Ramallah, on December 3, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI)
December 3, 2016, 5:19 pm
Fatah picks party officials amid talk of Abbas succession
As PA leader seeks to quell internal rivalries, Saturday’s vote seen as an indicator of the strengths and weaknesses of various factions
By Sarah Benhaida
Members of the Fatah movement and guest attend the opening ceremony of the 7th Fatah Congress on November 29, 2016, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Credit Flash90)
December 2, 2016, 6:37 pm
Palestinian contenders for Fatah posts set to declare candidacy
Key party roles will be filled at Saturday’s congress, as 1,400 delegates meet for the first time in seven years
By AFP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Mohammad Dahlan, left, leave a news conference in Egypt, in February 2007. (AP/Amr Nabil)
November 27, 2016, 6:35 pm
Abbas’s Fatah holds rare congress as succession talk builds
Tuesday’s first gathering of Palestinian ruling party since 2009 seen as effort by PA leader, 81, to sideline rival Mohammad Dahlan
By Hossam Ezzedine
In this January 3, 2011 photo, Fatah leader Mohammad Dahlan in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
November 15, 2016, 3:24 pm
Abbas cuts salaries to dozens backing rival Dahlan
As rift widens, PA president’s nemesis threatens demonstrations against this month’s Fatah General Conference
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (R) is sworn in along with the new Palestinian unity government in the presence of PA President Mahmoud Abbas (L) in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, June 2, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/ABBAS MOMANI)
June 16, 2015, 10:44 pm
Abbas: Palestinian unity government will resign in 24 hours
PA president makes announcement at Fatah meeting, official says; spokesman denies government set to dissolve
By AFP and AP
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and the ministers of Palestinian unity government meet with top Hamas leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, in Gaza City, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 (photo credit: AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
December 1, 2014, 4:02 pm
Fatah official denies unity government mandate has ended
Amid tensions, Faisal Abu Shahla pushes back against claims made by Hamas spokesman at Gaza press conference
By Lazar Berman
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