Read more Fatah stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1939/fatah.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:00:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73401/palestinians-abbas-may-not-seek-reelection.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not seek reelection next year, insiders say. Abbas has seen his credibility with Palestinians damaged during peace negotiations with the US and Israel, now stalled. “The president insists on not running in the upcoming election,” an official tells the Guardian , though some believe the move...http://www.newser.com/story/73401/palestinians-abbas-may-not-seek-reelection.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 10:16:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71660/palestine-says-hope-in-obama-evaporated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Palestinian president's political party says all hopes in the Obama administration have "evaporated," accusing the White House of caving to pressure from the pro-Israel lobby and backing off a demand to freeze Jewish settlement. Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party also accused the US of failing to set a clear agenda...http://www.newser.com/story/71660/palestine-says-hope-in-obama-evaporated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 8:36:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60610/hamas-police-gunfight-kills-6.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPalestinian forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas stormed a Hamas hideout in the West Bank and set off a fierce gun battle that left six dead today, the worst violence since the factions fought a pitched battle over Gaza 2 years ago. Militants lobbed grenades and fired automatic weapons to...http://www.newser.com/story/60610/hamas-police-gunfight-kills-6.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 31 May 2009 16:44:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54122/plo-leader-killed-in-lebanon-roadside-blast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTop PLO official Kamal Medhat and at least three of his bodyguards were killed by a roadside bomb near a refugee camp in southern Lebanon today, security officials tell al-Jazeera. Television footage showed Medhat’s car being blasted into a large crater. A Fatah spokesman said Medhat had been “assassinated,” while...http://www.newser.com/story/54122/plo-leader-killed-in-lebanon-roadside-blast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Mar 2009 10:58:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52680/palestinian-pm-steps-down-to-pave-way-for-power-share.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPalestine’s prime minister submitted his resignation today, a move that could help pave the way for an elusive power-sharing deal between Fatah moderates and Hamas militants. Salam Fayyad's decision was meant to build confidence before Palestinian reconciliation talks resume Tuesday in Cairo. He was appointed by Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud...http://www.newser.com/story/52680/palestinian-pm-steps-down-to-pave-way-for-power-share.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 07 Mar 2009 7:02:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/52372/clinton-visits-west-bank-names-syrian-envoys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton met separately with the Palestinian president and prime minister in the West Bank today, after sitting down with Israeli leaders yesterday, and announcing the appointment of two senior envoys to Syria. Palestinian leaders implored Clinton to push for a freeze on expanding Israeli West Bank settlements, and open...http://www.newser.com/story/52372/clinton-visits-west-bank-names-syrian-envoys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Mar 2009 7:18:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49349/mitchell-calls-for-lasting-peace-as-new-violence-hits-gaza.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFresh violence in Gaza today threatened the fragile ceasefire as George Mitchell called for a lasting truce between Hamas and Israel, AFP reports. An Israeli air strike wounded 18 Palestinians, including 11 children and a pregnant woman. The Israeli army said it was targeting a Hamas policeman responsible for a...http://www.newser.com/story/49349/mitchell-calls-for-lasting-peace-as-new-violence-hits-gaza.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Jan 2009 12:19:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47571/israel-warns-attacks-will-intensify.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsrael dropped leaflets on the Gaza strip today warning inhabitants of an escalation in the 2-week offensive against Hamas militants, the BBC reports. The leaflets assured civilians that the action was against “Hamas and the terrorists only” and urged people to stay away from military targets. The development could signal...http://www.newser.com/story/47571/israel-warns-attacks-will-intensify.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 10 Jan 2009 12:07:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47129/hamas-support-grows-in-west-bank.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs violence continues in Gaza, support for Hamas is growing in the Fatah-controlled West Bank, the New York Times reports. Though demonstrations of solidarity with Hamas have thus far been relatively small, West Bank residents see Gaza as “part of themselves,” writes Steven Erlanger. Still, there’s little appetite for uprising...http://www.newser.com/story/47129/hamas-support-grows-in-west-bank.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Jan 2009 10:38:06 CST