Some members of Fatah have decided to join the other side.
Meanwhile, a group of Fatah members have broken away from the movement’s main body to form a Gaza-based splinter organization aligned to Hamas, its new leader said on Monday.
Khaled Abu Hilal, a Fatah member known for his close relations with Hamas, said he and “thousands” of other Fatah members decided to form a rival group, called Fatah al-Yasser, with its own military wing, the Higher Military Committee.
Many Fatah members blamed their defeat on their leadership, who they said were weak and unprepared.
Although President Abbas has appointed a representative in the strip, Ibrahim Abu Naja, he is not considered charismatic or powerful enough to revive the group’s failed fortunes.
I can’t find news of this anywhere else but the AP story. I don’t doubt its reliability, but I wonder how many Fatah members are actually going to join this group. They always lie about how many thugs they have. And honestly, you really can’t tell when they’re working with each othe and when they’re not half the time, so this could just be a non-news story treated as news.
Meantime, Fatah has cut off all contact with Hamas.
“The Fatah Central Committee decided today not to conduct any kind of contact, dialogue or meetings with Hamas unless it ends its military coup in Gaza and restores the situation to normal,” al-Ahmed said. “Fatah will have no relationship with Hamas on any level.”
So now Fatah has a more rational attitude towards Hamas than Europe does. (And than the US will in a few weeks.)
The rats are leaving the sinking ship. Typical. Look for this to spread to Judea and Samaria. The Arabs must have their own version of that Russian peasant proverb, “We are right who are with the stong.”