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unusual facts about Fatah–Hamas Mecca Agreement


Fatah–Hamas Mecca Agreement

The Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya and Khaled Mashal represented Hamas.


Abdullah Barghouti

Following a deterioration in relations between the PA and Israel in January 2002, Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti lobbied Jibril Rajoub, chief of the PA security forces, to release Abdullah Barghouti.

Ahmed Jabari

While at the Islamic University of Gaza, Jabari joined Fatah, which advocated armed struggle against Israel.

Amal Movement

The movement’s militia, also designated Battalions de la Resistance Libanaise (BRL) in French, but simply known by its Arabic acronym ‘Amal’, was secretly established with the help of the Palestinian Fatah, who provided weapons and training at their Beqaa facilities.

Fatah al-Islam

On December 7, 2006 Le Monde reported that a top UN official had been informed by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) representative in Lebanon, Abbas Zaki, of a plot by Fatah al-Islam to assassinate 36 anti-Syrian figures in Lebanon.

Fatah–Hamas conflict

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri responded by declaring that President Abbas's decision was "in practical terms ... worthless," asserting that Haniya "remains the head of the government even if it was dissolved by the president".

Fatahland

Fatahland is a term used to refer to land controlled by the Palestinian organisation Fatah.

Governance of the Gaza Strip

On June 16, 2007, Ismail Haniya declared Said Fanuna (officially a Fatah general who, in reality, distanced himself from Mahmoud Abbas) as the new security chief in the Gaza Strip, stating him as a "higher police command" than the West Bank-based police chief Kamal el-Sheikh of the Fatah.

History of the Republic of Egypt

On 3 July, General Abdul Fatah al-Sisi, head of the Egyptian Armed Forces, announced that he had removed president Mohamed Morsi from power, suspended the constitution and would be calling new presidential and Shura Council elections and appointed Supreme Constitutional Court's leader, Adly Mansour as acting president.

Janet Mikhail

The Fatah-associated "Homeland (Watan)" faction, headed by Palestinian Legislative Council member Ghazi Hanania, also won six seats, while the Hamas-affiliated faction of "Change and Reform" headed by Khaldoun Khader won three seats.

Jonathan Schanzer

He has appeared on CSPAN2's Book TV to discuss the conflict between Fatah and Hamas since the late 1980s and what that has meant for the Israel-Palestine conflict, per his book "Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine".

Ken Power

They visited 120 countries and interviewed members of al-Qaeda, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah, Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Force 17, the Palestinian Authority, the Knesset, IDF, and US generals, as well as Israeli secret service agents in the Mossad and Shin Bet.

Lebanese Resistance Regiments

The movement’s militia, also designated Batallions de la Resistance Libanaise (BRL) in French, but simply known by its Arabic acronym ‘El-Amal’, was secretly established with the help of the Palestinian Fatah, who provided weapons and training at their Beqaa facilities.

Maroun al-Ras

The population in Maroun al-Ras being shia Muslims, however immediately called on help from Fatah and their Lebanese allies.

Mecca Declaration

The Mecca Declaration of 2007, announcing the formation of a unity government including Hamas and Fatah

Mir-Fatah-Agha

Paskevich’s departure to Warsaw and bad relations with subsequent governor generals forced him to return to Tabriz in 1845.

Mohammed Shreidi

After the killings of his father in 1991 and his older brother, Abdullah Shreidi in 2003 by the al-Fatah militia in Ain al-Hilweh.

Muhammad Shah

On 29 September 1719, Prince Roshan Akhtar was given the title Abu Al-Fatah Nasir-ud-Din Roshan Akhtar Muhammad Shah and enthroned in the Red Fort.

Palestinian Civil War

The 2006–2011 Fatah–Hamas conflict where Fatah and Hamas militia fought for the control of the Gaza Strip.

Timeline of the 2007 Lebanon conflict

The police and the army had conducted the raid after allegations that Fatah al-Islam members tried to rob a bank on Sunday and "take control of several security strongholds in the North" according to Ahmad Fatfat, Lebanese Minister of Youth and Sports in Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's cabinet.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441

U.N. inspectors also found that the Al-Samoud 2 and Al-fatah missiles violated U.N. range restrictions, the former also being partially destroyed under UNMOVIC supervision.

Uri Davis

In 2009, Davis was successful in his bid for a seat on Fatah's Revolutionary Council, a legislative body of the Movement, placing 31st from among more than 600 candidates running for position in the 128-member body.


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