Fatah

Fatah فتح
Chairman	Mahmoud Abbas
Secretary-General	Jibril Rajoub
Vice Chairman	Mahmoud Aloul
Founders	Yasser Arafat Khaled Yashruti Salah Khalaf Khalil al-Wazir
Founded	1959 (as a political movement) 1965 (as a political party)[1]
Headquarters	Ramallah, West Bank
Youth wing	Fatah Youth
Paramilitary wing	al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (until 2007)
Ideology	Palestinian nationalism[2] Social democracy[3] Arab socialism[4] Secularism[5][6] Two-state solution[7] Anti-imperialism[8]
Political position	Centre-left[9] to left-wing[10]
National affiliation	Palestine Liberation Organization
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists (observer)
International affiliation	Progressive Alliance Socialist International
Colors	Yellow
Slogan	يا جبل ما يهزك ريح "Yā jabal mā yhizzak rīḥ" ("O mountain, no wind can shake you") ثورة حتى النصر "Thawra ḥattā l-naṣr" ("Revolution until victory")
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Fatah
Groups	Black September Organization (1970–1988) Force 17 (1970s–2007) Fatah Hawks (1991–2005) Tanzim (1995–2005) Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (2000–2007)
Dates of operation	1959–2007[11]
Headquarters	Ramallah, West Bank
Size	2,000–3,000 (2006)[12][13]
Part of	Palestine Liberation Organization
Allies	State allies:  Saudi Arabia[14]  Syria[15] Iraq (until 2003)  United Kingdom[16]  United States[17][18][19]
Opponents	State opponents:  Iran[20]  Israel (until 1993)[21] Non-state opponents: Hamas (reconciliation ongoing) Lebanese Front[22] Abu Nidal Organization
Battles and wars	Battle of Karameh Black September Lebanese Civil War Uganda–Tanzania War First Intifada Second Intifada 2006 Gaza–Israel conflict Fatah–Hamas conflict Battle of Gaza (2007)
Designated as a terrorist group by	Until 1988:  Israel  United States

Fatah (/ˈfɑːtə, fəˈtɑː/ FAH-tə, fə-TAH; Arabic: فتح, romanized: Fatḥ, Palestinian pronunciation: [ˈfʌtɑħ]), formally the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (حركة التحرير الوطني الفلسطيني, Ḥarakat at-Taḥrīr al-Waṭanī l-Filasṭīnī),^[23] is a Palestinian nationalist and social democratic political party. It is the largest faction of the confederated multi-party Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the second-largest party in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority, is the chairman of Fatah.

Fatah was historically involved in armed struggle against the state of Israel (as well as Jordan during the Black September conflict in 1970–1971) and maintained a number of militant groups,^[24] which carried out attacks against military targets as well as Israeli civllians, notably including the 1978 Coastal Road massacre, though the group disengaged from armed conflict against Israel around the time of the Oslo Accords, when it recognised Israel, which gave it limited control over the Occupied Palestinian territories. During the Second Intifada (2000–2005), Fatah intensified armed conflict against Israel, claiming responsibility for a number of suicide attacks. 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. 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 through its president. Fatah is also active in the control of Palestinian refugee camps.^[25][26]