Synonyms for al-Fatah
al-fa·tah

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1. al-Fatah, Fatah, al-Asifanoun

   a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups

   "al-Fatah carried out numerous acts of international terrorism in western Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s"

   Synonyms:
   al-Asifa

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1. • Political Movement
   • Terrorist Organization

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1. Grant Rumley:

   I don't see elections anytime soon, but I do see some intrigue at the Fatah conference in November, erekat's tapping as the next PLO secretary-general might be a hint that he'll be appointed vice-president.

2. Grant Rumley:

   It's a blatant power grab at a time when he knows he can get away with it, from Abbas's standpoint, this is his way of both thwarting his rivals in Hamas and securing his Fatah party's hold on the Palestinian Authority once he is gone.

3. Muayad Zurayk:

   All operations stemming from the coordinated command center are done in the name of Jaish al-Fatah, it is forbidden to mention the name of any faction.

4. Mohammed Dahlan:

   Remember that the Palestinian people voted down Fatah and elected Hamas, and in the next elections we'll defer to the Palestinians' judgment, part of my initiative is to have a unified leadership for the PLO, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

5. Grant Rumley:

   From Abbas's standpoint, this is his way of both thwarting his rivals in Hamas and securing his Fatah party's hold on the Palestinian Authority once he is gone.