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4 days ago · Fatah, political and military organization of Arab Palestinians, founded in the late 1950s by Yassir Arafat and Khalīl al-Wazīr (Abū Jihād) with the aim of wresting Palestine from Israeli control by waging low-intensity guerrilla warfare.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Fatah movement was founded in 1959 by members of the Palestinian diaspora, principally by professionals working in the Persian Gulf States, especially Kuwait (then a British protectorate) where the founders Salah Khalaf, Khalil al-Wazir, Yasser Arafat resided.
Yasser Arafat and aides Khalil al-Wazir, Salah Khalaf, and Mahmoud Abbas founded the organization. Originally opposed to the Palestine Liberation Organization, Fatah took over the organization in 1968 and became its largest faction.
Feb 20, 2019 · On February 4, 1969, the movement’s founder, Egyptian-born Yasser Arafat, was appointed chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Jun 19, 2007 · Fatah was founded by the late Yasser Arafat and a small group of Palestinian nationalists in the late 1950s. The group is a member of the PLO, a loose umbrella group of a number of...
- Tom Bullock
Jun 16, 2011 · Founded by Yasser Arafat in the 1950s, Fatah was once the cornerstone of the Palestinian national cause, but its power has since faded. Under Arafat's leadership, the group originally...
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Jan 13, 2007 · Origins: Founded by Yasser Arafat and a small group of Palestinian nationalists in the late 1950s, Fatah was the first exile group to launch attacks against Israel.
