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Major Palestinian political group founded in 1965 by Yasser Arafat and now led by Mahmoud Abbas
 Palestinians demonstrate at Al-Aqsa Mosque as Palestinian Muslims attend Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, on the compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 7, 2023.

What are the Palestinians saying about Israel’s judicial reform crisis?

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in Berlin, Germany, August 16, 2022.

Mahmoud Abbas to make rare visit to Jenin

 Hamas and Islamic Jihad supporters protest in solidarity with Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Radah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 6, 2023.

Israel's Jenin operation aggravates Fatah-Hamas tensions

 THE LEGITIMACY of the PA under the leadership of  Mahmoud Abbas is at a low point in Palestinian public opinion, says the writer.

Israel and its PA dilemma - opinion

By KOBI MICHAEL , ORI WERTMAN
 Palestinian gunmen from the Balata Brigade of the Fatah movement's Lions' Den groups carry their weapons during a festival in the Askar refugee camp in the West Bank, December 9, 2022.

Islamic Jihad leader: We are arming Fatah terror groups in West Bank

 Palestinians Hamas militants wearing headbands reading "the Lion's Den", during a march in support of the group in Gaza City on December 10, 2022.

Most Palestinians support ‘armed struggle’ against Israel - poll

  boy holds a placard as Palestinian Hamas supporters attend a rally against visits by Israeli right wing groups to Al-Aqsa mosque, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip May 26, 2023

Hamas still holds sway in Gaza, 16 years after 'bloody coup'

Palestinians and pro-Palestinian supporters protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza amid days of conflict between the two sides, in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., May 15, 2021

Four Arab-Israeli conflict myths shattered by one terror incident - opinion

By STEPHEN M. FLATOW
 Jamal El-Haj is a Swedish politician, trade unionist and member of the Riksdag, the national legislature.

Swedish MP’s participation in Hamas-tied conference sparks uproar

 PA HEAD Mahmoud Abbas told Maher Yunis: ‘We are proud of you... You are the beacon of light of this nation.

Abbas’s Fatah unfazed by Hamas victory in university elections

 Palestinian students supporting Hamas take part in an election campaign for students' council at Palestine Polytechnic University in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank March 13, 2023.

Hamas wins student council election at Bir Zeit University

 Members of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate in Gaza take part in a protest in Gaza city on May 30, 2022, expressing support for efforts to prosecute Israel in international instances over the reported killing of journalists.

Fatah, Hamas spar over elections for Palestinian Journalists Syndicate

 The entrance to An-Najah University, Nablus, West Bank.

In blow to Abbas’s Fatah, Hamas wins university elections in Nablus

A Palestinian holds a Hamas flag as he stands next to others atop a walk of the al-Aqsa mosque following clashes with Israeli police at the compound that houses al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City May 10, 2021.

Palestinian Hamas, Fatah supporters clash at Temple Mount - report

Israeli security at the scene where a missile fired from Lebanon hit the northern Israeli town of Shlomi, April 6, 2023

IDF: Hamas factions fired Lebanon rocket barrage, Iran involvement possible