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Mohammed Dahlan’s faction seeks to end Palestinian infighting, unifying with Hamas, PIJ, Fatah

A letter seen by The Jerusalem Post shows Fatah's reformist factions, led by Mohammed Dahlan, aiming to unify with Hamas.

A man drives a tuk-tuk past portraits of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (C) and former Fatah security chief in Gaza Mohammed Dahlan (R) in Beirut's Burj al-Barajneh camp for Palestinian refugees on May 14, 2024; illustrative.
An IDF infographic detailing the biography of Hamas terrorist Hudhaifa Khaled Suleiman, published August 14, 2026

IDF kills Hamas company commander who posed threat to troops, civilians

 Palestinian gunmen from the Balata Brigade of the Fatah movement carry their weapons during a military parade, in Balata refugee camp, in the West Bank, on November 4, 2022.

Fatah skips Cairo talks as Hamas delays Gaza disarmament

Palestinians take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 7, 2023.

Twenty years after Gaza withdrawal, threat of terror remains - opinion


Palestinian High Court suspends municipal elections

The elections were supposed to take place in 416 locales on October 8, but have been suspended until an undetermined date.

A Gaza man reads a newspaper, featuring the Israeli election on its front page, in Khan Younis, March 18.

Central Elections Commission announces Fatah has already won 132 locales

Palestinian researcher says Fatah cannot declare itself the dominant force in Palestinian society.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at a Fatah conference in Ramallah in 2009.

Hamas and Fatah spar ahead of upcoming municipal elections

The Palestinian Central Elections Commission said that it received 163 objections to various candidates in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, but only disqualified seven candidates.

Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad (L) and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

Hamas official: We will skip Jenin election

A Hamas spokesman in the Gaza Strip said the moment still has not published an official statement regarding the election in Jenin.

Hamas leaders (top) join hands as they take part in a rally marking the 28th anniversary of Hamas' founding

All Hamas’s hard work

A Hamas victory over Fatah in the elections should not be cause for Israeli concern. On the contrary, unlike Abbas, Hamas is clear – in all languages – about its aim for Israel’s annihilation.

A Palestinian Hamas militant takes part in a rally marking the twelfth anniversary of the death of late Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in Gaza City

PA withdraws recognition of al-Aksa University in light of struggle with Hamas

The Palestinian Authority (PA) Education Ministry announced on Tuesday that it revoked its recognition of al-Aksa University, a PA-funded public university in Gaza City.

Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (R) waves as he hosts PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah at his house in Gaza City October 9, 2014.

JPost Editorial: Palestinian elections

It is unlikely that elections held in either Gaza or the West Bank will be particularly free or fair...

Palestinian president Abbas stands between PM Haniyeh and senior Fatah leader Dahlan in Gaza

Abbas's Harshest Critic

Dahlan, born in 1961 in the Khan Younis refugee camp, first rose to the top of the Palestinian leadership when Yasser Arafat appointed him as chief of security in 1995.

Palestinian cabinet minister Dahlan returns to Gaza from treatment abroad

THE PAST IS THE PRESENT - בימים ההם בזמן הז

The Jerusalem Post

'Next war with Hamas will be its last,' senior defense source says

Future conflict is inevitable, but Israel will not initiate it, source adds; says: Hamas spends all of its money on arming itself, not to help Gazans.

Palestinian Hamas militants take part in a rally in memory of their seven comrades, who were killed when a tunnel collapsed close to the Gaza Strip's eastern border with Israel