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Fatah's Organizational Structure Set in a Kuwait Meeting
📅 10 October 1959This dated record documents “Fatah's Organizational Structure Set in a Kuwait Meeting.”
Fatah Opens Its First Office in Algeria
📅 23 September 1963Fatah opened a Palestine Office in Algiers, headed by Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad), after Algerian independence.
Fatah Issues Its First Military Communiqué
📅 1 January 1965al-Asifa, the military wing of Fatah, attacks the Israeli national water carrier in Galilee, marking the beginning of the Palestinian revolution.
Israel Carries out an Operation in Jordan in Response to Fatah Raids
📅 27 May 1965In response to Fatah raids, Israeli forces carries out its first operation since 1956 across the cease-fire lines into Jordan, aiming at the Qalqilya and Jenin areas.
Israeli Air Force Carries out a Raid in Syria in Response to Fatah Operations
📅 14 July 1966In response to Fatah commando operations launched from inside Syria, Israel's air force destroys Syrian tractors and mechanical equipment southeast of Almagor.
Fatah Guerrilla Resistance in the West Bank
📅 28 August 1967Fatah begins its military operations in the occupied West Bank, three days before an agreed date, as a message to the upcoming Arab Summit, Khartoum.
Yasir Arafat Assumes Prominence within Fatah
📅 14 April 1968Fatah Central Committee appoints Yasir Arafat as the official spokesman and representative.
Fatah Defines its Political Objective
📅 19 October 1968Fatah adopts a policy statement describing its goal as the establishment of "a free, open, nonsectarian, non racist society in Palestine." It states that it does not fight Jews as members of a...
Fatah Reaffirms its Political Objective
📅 28 January 1969The Second International Conference in Support of the Arab Peoples convenes, and Fatah delegation announces officially the ultimate goal of the movement: "to create the new Palestine of tomorrow; a...
Fatah-DFLP-PCP Reconciliation: The Prague Declaration
📅 6 September 1986PalQuest records this dated development: Fatah-DFLP-PCP Reconciliation: The Prague Declaration.
The Convening of Fatah's 7th General Conference Is Announced in Effort to Consolidate Abbas's Leadership
📅 1 November 2016PalQuest records this development: The Convening of Fatah's 7th General Conference Is Announced in Effort to Consolidate Abbas's Leadership.
Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies
📅 4 December 2016PalQuest records this development: Fatah Seventh General Conference Renews Its Governing Bodies.
Fatah and Hamas Sign in Cairo an Agreement to End Palestinian Division
📅 12 October 2017PalQuest records this development: Fatah and Hamas Sign in Cairo an Agreement to End Palestinian Division.