Fatah

On June 2, 2014, Abbas forged a Hamas-Fatah unity government, sparking legal debates and political upheaval. The PA president dissolved the short-lived body in June 2015.

Dahlan is a former senior Fatah leader who rose to prominence in Palestinian politics as the first head of the Preventive Security Service.

According to KAN, the official was Mohammed Dahlan, who has been exiled in Abu Dhabi since 2011 after Mahmoud Abbas claimed that he had murdered Yasser Arafat.

Palestinian Football Association turns the World Cup tournament into a game of political football

As Abbas tightens control, Western governments are applauding a Palestinian political system that has denied elections for 20 years.

Fifty-nine candidates competed for 18 seats on the Central Committee, while 456 members competed for 80 seats on the Revolutionary Council, which serves as the movement's parliament.

Samer Sinijlawi told The Jerusalem Post that Western Leaders need to stop pushing the idea that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is the moderate choice.

Raed Abduljalil told participants of the Palestinian Cultural Resistance Festival, that their actions were "an essential part of the battle we are waging against the occupation and its supporters."

Fatah said it won most local councils, including Jenin, where the Palestinian Authority was previously accused of losing control to Hamas-linked Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

It will be Gaza's first vote of any kind since 2006, when Hamas won the PA's legislative elections and later seized control of Gaza following a brief civil war with PA President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah.