Fatah, the Palestinian group that administers the Israeli-occupied West Bank, along with a dozen other Palestinian factions, has signed a declaration with its longtime rival Hamas to form an ...

BEIJING — Senior representatives from the Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah signed a joint declaration in China’s capital, Beijing, on Tuesday aimed at building unity and ending a ...

Senior official admits Fatah hasn't accomplished much toward peace with Israel Unlike Hamas, which rules Gaza, the Fatah party favors a peace process with Israel, but is widely seen as weak.

Hamas – which controls Gaza – and Fatah, the leading party in the Palestinian Authority which governs the West Bank, are among 14 Palestinian factions to sign the document. Courtesy of the ...

The Central Committee of the Fatah movement, led by Mahmoud Abbas, calls on Hamas to adopt the foundational principles of the PLO and avoid "playing into Israel's hands." ...

CAIRO (AP) — Palestinian officials say Fatah and Hamas are closing in on an agreement to appoint a committee of politically independent technocrats to administer the Gaza Strip after the war.

The first Palestinian elections in 15 years appeared to be headed for a delay on Tuesday amid a dispute over voting in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem and splits in President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah ...

What happened. Palestinian factions, including Hamas and Fatah, have signed a unity agreement aimed at "ending division and strengthening Palestinian unity," China said Tuesday.

But Fatah lost a legislative election the next year to Hamas. In 2007, Hamas seized power in Gaza in a short and brutal civil war, dividing the Palestinians not only territorially, but politically.