Fatah is generally considered to have had a strong involvement in revolutionary struggle in the past and maintained a number of militant groups.[24][25][26][27] 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.
^Wienthal, Benjamin. "German Jews slam party for working with Fatah". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2 May 2016. [Sigmar Gabriel] added that Fatah was part of the values of social democracy and was represented in the European coalition of social democrats as an observer partner.
^Yonah Alexander, ed. (2021). Palestinian Secular Terrorism: Profiles of Fatah, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command, and Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine. BRILL.
^Youssef H., Aboul-Enein, ed. (2011). Militant Islamist Ideology: Understanding the Global Threat. Naval Institute Press. p. 230. ISBN9781317755098. Fatah is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine liberation Organization (PlO), a multiparty confederation. in Palestinian politics, it is on the center-left of the spectrum.
^Carl Dahlström, Lena Wängnerud, ed. (2015). Elites, Institutions and the Quality of Government. Springer.
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