Fatah’s Revolutionary Council grapples with growing issues - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Adnan Abu Amer

Adnan Abu Amer

Oct 27, 2014

Palestinian protesters wave the flags of Palestinian political movements, Fatah (yellow) and Hamas (green) as they chant slogans in support of the national reconciliation and the announcement of the formation of a national unity government between the two factions, during a rally it Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 29, 2014. Palestinian premier Rami Hamdallah is to head the consensus government to be formed under a deal with Hamas to end seven years of rival administrations in the West Bank an — Palestinian protesters wave the flags of Palestinian political movements Fatah (yellow) and Hamas (green) as they chant slogans in support of the formation of a national unity government between the two factions during a rally in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 29, 2014. — SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images

RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - JULY 13: In this handout photo provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (C) meets with the Central Committee of the Fatah movement July 13, 2014 in Ramallah, West Bank. The total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since Monday has reached 166, according to a Palestinian Health Ministry official. (Photo by Thaer Ghanaim/PPO via Getty Images)

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A Palestinian supporter of former head of Fatah in Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan, holds a poster depicting Dahlan during a protest against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza City December 18, 2014. Dahlan, who lives in exile in the Gulf, is a powerful political foe of Abbas.
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