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- noun 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
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Examples
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Well, the Al Samoud 2 missile is the one that was being examined by that panel, along with another one called the Al Fatah (ph), but the issue here is with the Al Samoud 2.
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The offensive is called "Al Fatah," Arabic for 'to conquer' or 'victory.'
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While more realistic political forces such as Al Fatah have succeeded in wresting only paltry concessions from Israel in dozens of half-baked negotiations, the people have consigned themselves into the hands of the political force that speaks with the loudest voice.
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Funny how things change. 'way back in the early seventies, Yasser Arafat and Al Fatah were the terrorist organisation to whom nobody would speak.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Funny how things change. 'way back in the early seventies, Yasser Arafat and Al Fatah were the terrorist organisation to whom nobody would speak.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Interesting piece here on "mending the feud" between the savages in Hamas and the crazies in Al Fatah.
Archive 2009-01-09 2009
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Interesting piece here on "mending the feud" between the savages in Hamas and the crazies in Al Fatah.
Biased BBC 2009
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FIELD: I think the best scenario is simply for Al Fatah to convert itself into a liberal democratic movement that recognises Israel and then invades clapped out Gaza (with Egyptian rather than Israeli support) to resassert its "legitimate authority".
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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I think the best scenario is simply for Al Fatah to convert itself into a liberal democratic movement that recognises Israel and then invades clapped out Gaza (with Egyptian rather than Israeli support) to resassert its "legitimate authority".
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Hamas 'networks of mosques, charities and schools spread throughout the West Bank and Gaza and ultimately the group beat Al Fatah in popular elections.
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