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Between Hamas and Fatah: Different paths, same destination - opinion

When comparing Hamas’s charter, even in its later version, with the details from Fatah’s official website, the conclusion is clear: both share the same strategic goal.

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah (L) and Hamas politburo member Khalil al-Hayya. The two Palestinian organizations have the same goal of Israel’s destruction but take different paths to get there, the writer says.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves as he arrives for the opening the Fatah youth conference in Ramallah on November 27, 2025.

Abbas announces Palestinian Parliament will hold election on November 1

Hamas terrorists stand at a site as Hamas says it continues to search for the body of the last deceased hostage, in Gaza City December 8, 2025.

'We need to let this fantasy dissipate': Former Mossad division head on disarming Hamas - interview

Palestinians walk along a street flooded by rainwater in the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 13, 2026.

Who is Ali Shaath, leader of Gaza's new technocratic committee? - explainer


Hamas-inspired video game glorifying October 7 massacre banned in UK

Despite being banned in the UK, Germany, and Australia, the game can still be bought on Steam in many countries, including Israel.

 Scene from the game's trailer showing a female soldier being taken hostage.

Hamas, Fatah agree on Gaza administration committee terms, Arab media claims

The committee “administers the Gaza Strip, and its reference is the Palestinian government and is responsible for all fields," the alleged document stated.

 Palestinian terrorists attend Hamas rally Solidarity with Al-Aqsa in Jabalia, northern Gaza April 7, 2023

Hamas, Fatah officials warn: We will start wars in Israeli prisons

An imprisoned senior Hamas official told the Israeli Prison Service Commissioner: "You will end the war outside; we will start it in prison."

Hamas Nukhba terrorists being held at the Ofer Prison, near Jerusalem, Israel, August 28, 2024

Palestinians must accept that violent terror tactics have failed to stop Israel - opinion

A new Palestinian must develop. He need not be submissive. He must be awarded all civil rights, social privileges, and he should fulfill all commensurate requirements, from taxes to national service.

 NABIL ABU RUDEINEH is sworn in as a vice prime minister and information minister of the Palestinian Authority government, in Ramallah, in 2019. Palestinian resistance must be renounced, incitement needs to stop and the pay-for-slay program must be halted, the writer asserts.

Hamas, Fatah agree to form Gaza administrative committee - report

Hamas detailed the task that would befall the committee, while Fatah was interested in discussing the committee's leadership, the report noted.

 Smoke rises after Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, December 10, 2023.

Egypt hosts Fatah-Hamas ceasefire talks on Gaza

Attending an event in Beijing, last week, are (from left) Mahmoud Al-Aloul, vice chairman of the Fatah Central Committee; China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi; and senior Hamas member Mussa Abu Marzuk. China announced that a unity deal was reached among Palestinian factions.

Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah discuss post-Gaza plans

The talks are the first since the two groups met in China in July and agreed to steps to form a Palestinian unity government for Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

 Hamas and Fatah flags overlayed on the Palestine flag.

IDF eliminates son of Fatah leader Zakaria Zubeidi during counterterrorism operation in West Bank

IDF operations in Tubas and Far'a resulted in the elimination of Muhammad Zakaria Zubeidi and several other terrorists and the discovery of explosives under roads.

Fatah's ZAKARIA ZUBEIDI 370

Mohammed Dahlan, Gaza's leader in waiting? - opinion

As an eventual ceasefire deal in Gaza draws closer, the media speculate whether Mohammed Dahlan’s moment is about to arrive.

 MOHAMMED DAHLAN sits in his office in Abu Dhabi, in 2016. Today, his international influence extends far and wide, the writer explains.

Israel’s targeted killing of jihadist murderers is indispensable to justice - opinion

In assessing operational choices, all law-supporting states, not just Israel, would eventually discover that the identifiable alternatives to targeted-killing also include violence.

 THE DAMAGED site where top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr was killed in an Israeli strike on July 30 is seen in one of Beirut’s southern suburbs. Israel’s targeted killing of jihadist murderers is indispensable to justice, says the writer.