| Fatah espoused a Palestinian nationalist ideology in which would be liberated by their own actions | There they hijacked a bus and sprayed gunfire inside and at passing vehicles, killing thirty-seven civilians |
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| " Battle of Karameh Main article: Throughout 1968, Fatah and other Palestinian armed groups were the target of a major IDF operation in the Jordanian village of , where the Fatah headquarters — as well as a mid-sized — were located |
1998 Arafat, From Defender to Dictator.
27| 1967—93 Fatah became the dominant force in Palestinian politics after the in 1967 | |
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| 2016 7th Congress In December 2016, more than 1400 members of Fatah's 7th Congress elected 18 members of the Central Committee and 80 for the Revolutionary Council | Fatah publicly disassociated itself from the group, but it is widely believed that it enjoyed Arafat's direct or tacit backing |
This name has since been applied more generally to Fatah armed forces, and does not correspond to a single unit today.
| "Judge Rules PLO Can Retain Office" | Several of them gained their positions through the patronage of Yasser Arafat, who balanced above the different factions, and the era after his death in 2004 has seen increased infighting among these groups, who jockey for influence over future development, the political line, funds, and constituencies |
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| The IDF achieved this goal, and Fatah withdrew to the north into | Delegates resolved not to resume until 14 preconditions were met |
Upon hearing the news, many guerrilla groups in the area, including George Habash's newly formed group the PFLP and 's breakaway organization the DFLP , withdrew their forces from the town.
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