Palestinians’ Fatah Party, Faction to Meet
Officials from the Palestinians’ ruling Fatah Party arranged a new meeting with a breakaway group of young leaders Saturday in an effort to reunite the party and fight off an electoral challenge from the Islamic militant group Hamas. The faction broke away this week and formed the Future movement after Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas ignored their demands to reform Fatah. Instead, he announced a candidate slate filled with veteran Fatah leaders viewed as corrupt and incompetent by many Palestinians. Full Story