How Moderate is Fatah?
FATAH S CONSTITUTION (The English translation of Fatah’s constitution could be found Fatah’s English Web site (www.fateh.net). Fateh has since apparently eliminated its English-language Web site, but captured images of that site as of Aug 25, 2007 remain and can be accessed by clicking here.) According to the Web site description, the “pedestal of the [Fatah] Movement” like that of Hamas “is the principle of armed struggle.” And like Hamas s much criticized charter, Fatah s governing document opposes any political solution and calls for the eradication of the Jewish State through armed revolution. For example: Article 7 defines Israel “the Zionist entity” as “racial, colonial and aggressive in ideology, goals, organisation and method.” Article 12 calls for the “complete liberation of Palestine, and eradication of Zionist economic, political, military and cultural existence” through violence.” Article 17 states: “Armed public revolution is the inevitable method to liberating Palestine.”
