1. Fatah - Noun
2. Fatah - Proper 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
Source: WordNetal-Fatah carried out numerous acts of international terrorism in western Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s Source: Internet
Abbas, as chairman of both the Palestinian Authority and Fatah, may assert that the Palestinians are only interested in a “Palestine” on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, but the messages from his own Fatah contradict this. Source: Internet
A brief civil war between the two groups had broken out in Gaza when, apparently under a U.S.-backed plan, Fatah contested Hamas’s administration. Source: Internet
According to a 2006 report by rival Fatah party, Hamas had smuggled between several hundred and 1,300 tons of advanced rockets, along with other weaponry, into Gaza. Source: Internet
A group formed by leading Fatah members in 1971, following the events of the " Black September " in Jordan, to organize clandestine attacks with which Fatah did not want to be openly associated. Source: Internet
Although originally aligned with Fatah, Syrian President Hafez al-Assad feared a loss of influence in Lebanon and switched sides. Source: Internet