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'''Fatah''' ([[Arabic]] '''فتح''') is a [[Palestine|Palestinian]] [[secular]] [[nationalism|nationalist]] organization.<ref>[http://www.fateh.net/ Fatah Official Website]</ref> The name itself is a reverse acronym of '''Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini'''. The organization's founder and leader until his death was [[Yasir Arafat]].<ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/Fatah.html Fatah at the Jewish Virtual Library]</ref> It is currently headed by [[Farouk Kaddoumi]], the secretary-general of the Fatah central committee. Politically, Fatah falls left-of-center, bordering on [[socialism]]. Fatah is a full member of [[Socialist International]].<ref>[http://www.socialistinternational.org/maps/english/asia.htm SI Member Parties]</ref> [[Mahmoud Abbas]], a member of Fatah, is currently the president of the [[Palestinian National Authority]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1933453.stm BBC News Profile - Mahmoud Abbas]</ref>

'''Fatah''' ([[Arabic]] '''فتح''') is a [[Palestine|Palestinian]] [[secular]] [[nationalism|nationalist]] organization.<ref>[http://www.fateh.net/ Fatah Official Website]</ref> The name itself is a reverse acronym of '''Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini'''. The organization's founder and leader until his death was [[Yasir Arafat]].<ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/Fatah.html Fatah at the Jewish Virtual Library]</ref> It is currently headed by [[Farouk Kaddoumi]], the secretary-general of the Fatah central committee. Politically, Fatah falls left-of-center, bordering on [[socialism]]. Fatah is a full member of [[Socialist International]].<ref>[http://www.socialistinternational.org/maps/english/asia.htm SI Member Parties]</ref> [[Mahmoud Abbas]], a member of Fatah, is currently the president of the [[Palestinian National Authority]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1933453.stm BBC News Profile - Mahmoud Abbas]</ref>

The official goal of Fatah is the "complete liberation of Palestine, and eradication of Zionist economic, political, military and cultural existence".<ref>http://www.acpr.org.il/resources/fatehconstitution.html</ref> Its president Mahmoud Abbas stated that “there is no difference between our policies and those of [[Hamas]].”<ref>[https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/226339/pope-francis-mahmoud-abbas-man-peace-robert-spencer POPE FRANCIS: MAHMOUD ABBAS IS A “MAN OF PEACE”]. ''FrontpageMag''. May 26, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2018.</ref>

The official goal of Fatah is the "complete liberation of Palestine, and eradication of Zionist economic, political, military and cultural existence".<ref>[http://www.acpr.org.il/resources/fatehconstitution.html Fateh Constitution - ACPR]</ref> Its president Mahmoud Abbas stated that “there is no difference between our policies and those of [[Hamas]].”<ref>[https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/226339/pope-francis-mahmoud-abbas-man-peace-robert-spencer POPE FRANCIS: MAHMOUD ABBAS IS A “MAN OF PEACE”]. ''FrontpageMag''. May 26, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2018.</ref>

==Asifa==

==Asifa==

''Al 'Asifa'' (Asifa) an armed wing of Fatah militant organization, its (Mohammed Said Musa Maragha: under his nom de guerre:) Abu Musa in [[Lebanon]] was among leading the 1976 [[Damour massacre]]<ref>[https://www.ict.org.il/Article/1036/PLO-Policy-towards-the-Christian-Community-during-the-Civil-War PLO Policy towards the Christian Community during the Civil War in Lebanon], ICT, May 7, 2008.]</ref> spiraling that country into an all out bloodshed.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=uEP-IWBAl0sC&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Turf%22 Braley, R. (1984). "Bad news: the foreign policy of the New York times." Chicago: Regnery Gateway. p. 576]</ref>  Seven years later, Abu Musa gained notoriety as one of the leaders of a bloody mutiny against Arafat's leadership,  <ref>Andrew Gowers, ‎Tony Walker (1992). "Behind the Myth: Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Revolution." [https://books.google.com/books?id=i_UNAQAAMAAJ&q=%22abu+musa%22+%22damour%22 p. 151].

''Al 'Asifa'' (Asifa) an armed wing of Fatah militant organization, its (Mohammed Said Musa Maragha: under his nom de guerre:) Abu Musa in [[Lebanon]] was among leading the 1976 [[Damour massacre]]<ref>[https://www.ict.org.il/Article/1036/PLO-Policy-towards-the-Christian-Community-during-the-Civil-War PLO Policy towards the Christian Community during the Civil War in Lebanon], ICT, May 7, 2008.]</ref> spiraling that country into an all out bloodshed.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=uEP-IWBAl0sC&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Turf%22 Braley, R. (1984). "Bad news: the foreign policy of the New York times." Chicago: Regnery Gateway. p. 576]</ref>  Seven years later, Abu Musa gained notoriety as one of the leaders of a bloody mutiny against Arafat's leadership,  <ref>Andrew Gowers, ‎Tony Walker (1992). "Behind the Myth: Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Revolution." [https://books.google.com/books?id=i_UNAQAAMAAJ&q=%22abu+musa%22+%22damour%22 p. 151].