Fatah

Terrorist released in hostage deal to speak at major Detroit Palestinian conference

Shaheen was released on February 1 along with hundreds of other terrorists as part of a ransom paid exchange for live and deceased hostages captured by Gazan forces during the October 7 Massacre.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Palestinian prisoners who were released in a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas arrive to the West Bank city of Ramallah, February 15, 2025.
An aerial view from a Jordanian military aircraft shows the Gaza Strip, before humanitarian aid is airdropped over it, in Gaza, August 17, 2025.

'Hamas must give up control': Fatah official lays out vision for Gaza after war

Al-Hayek stresses that the Palestinian Authority should govern Gaza after the war and urges international backing for reconstruction.

|ByAHMED ABD AL-SALAM/THE MEDIA LINE
MARWAN BARGHOUTI is escorted in handcuffs by police into Jerusalem Magistrates Court in 2012.

Palestinian Authority accuses Ben-Gvir of provocation after threatening Barghouti in prison

Reports have indicated that Hamas demanded the release of Barghouti throughout ceasefire-hostage deal negotiations, hoping that such a move would reignite support for Hamas.

|ByWALLA!, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Zakaria Zubeidi posing with his M-16 and a picture of then-Palestinian Authority president Yasser Arafat, in Jenin, July 31, 2004.

Palestinian terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi claims life of terror 'ultimately futile' in NYT interview

Israel's GPO denounced NYT's interview as "glossing over" key moments in Zubeidi's career, including how his re-arrest in 2019 was due to ties with terror attacks, not an amnesty breach.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

French prosecutors seek trial of six over 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant

The terrorists were members of the Fatah-Revolutionary Council (Fatah-RC), a now-defunct radical Palestinian dissident terror group that was based in Iraq at the time and led by Abu Nidal.

JULY 9, 2025ByREUTERS
Firemen evacuate a murdered person after the French-Jewish delicatessen restaurant Jo Goldenberg in Paris was attacked by Palestinian terrorist gunmen that threw a grenade into the restaurant and shot at customers with sub-machine guns, killing six customers and injuring 22 others, August 8, 1982.

Katz orders continued IDF operations in Gaza, regardless of negotiations

Following the statements, Fatah spokesperson Munther al-Hayek has called for Hamas to step down from governing Gaza.

JUNE 1, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz over a background of humanitarian trucks entering the Gaza Strip; Illustrative

Al Jazeera reporter calls on Hamas to treat protesters, Fatah members as ‘traitors’

The call was understood by many Palestinians as a direct incitement to kill Fatah members and protestors, sparking rage online.

APRIL 3, 2025ByOHAD MERLIN
Hamas terrorists in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. February 4, 2025.

Hamas tells Arab media it is not committed to ruling in Gaza, committed to national consensus

Hamas's comments come after days of increased military pressure by the IDF and diplomatic pressure from Qatar and Fatah.

MARCH 22, 2025ByYUVAL BARNEA
(Illustrative) Hamas terrorists in front of an Iranian flag and an American embassy.

Gazans credit Trump for ceasefire, reject Hamas rule in Gaza, new poll finds

70% of Gazans believe that Hamas does not have the power to 'control the situation,' the poll found.

MARCH 2, 2025ByARIELA OHRENSTEIN
Small minority of Gazans want Hamas to continue after war, new poll shows.

The PA may want to run Gaza, but it would face numerous obstacles - analysis

Fatah spokesperson Maher al-Namoura says the Palestinian Authority is ready to govern and rebuild Gaza as ceasefire talks and discussions on the strip’s future continue.

FEBRUARY 17, 2025BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A Palestinian woman holds a picture of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, in Gaza City, January 1, 2020

Abbas risks Palestinian backlash over restructuring of 'pay-to-slay'

Scrapping the system of salary-type payments has been a major demand of successive US administrations. Abbas had long resisted pressure to halt the program.

FEBRUARY 11, 2025ByREUTERS
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2024.

High-ranking released terrorist calls for ‘resistance,’ alleges abuse in prison

Zakaria Zubeidi, who was released as part of a ceasefire-hostage deal with Hamas, asserted that "resistance… will lead us to freedom."

JANUARY 31, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Zakaria Zubeidi, commander of armed wing the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, is greeted by his relatives as part of the third batch of the first phase of the hostage swap agreement between Hamas and Israel in Ramallah, West Bank on January 30, 2025.

Fatah terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi released with 109 Palestinian prisoners

Terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi, a 2021 Gilboa prison escapee, was released on Thursday.

JANUARY 31, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A crowd greets Zakaria Zubeidi who were released in a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas as he arrives to the West Bank city of Ramallah, January 30, 2025.

Who is Zakaria Zubeidi, the Fatah terrorist to be released in the ceasefire deal? - explainer

Zubeidi was born in 1976 to a family of nine in Jenin, a Palestinian city in the West Bank.

JANUARY 18, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Zakaria Zubeidi. Jenin, December 30, 2004.

Hamas, Palestinian Authority trade blows over human shields, West Bank operations

Fatah said it wouldn't allow Hamas "to reproduce its activities in the West Bank" and that the terror group jeopardized the Palestinian people.

JANUARY 11, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
Gunmen stand during the funeral of Palestinian Ribhi Shalabi, who was killed in clashes with Palestinian Authority forces, in Jenin camp in the West Bank, December 10, 2024.