Word: fatah
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Egyptian and Israeli officers worked amicably together in negotiating the fine points of the transfer of authority over El Arish. "It's easy for each side to get along with each other," said Egyptian Brigadier General Hassan Abdel Fatah. "Some of the Israelis are from Arab countries, and they speak fluent Arabic." On the streets of the city, soldiers of the once rival armies exchanged currency as souvenirs...
...Beirut, Lebanon, the Palestinian guerrilla group Fatah yesterday claimed responsibiltiy for a "large-scale" attack on Israeli-held positions south of Beit Shean, apparently referring to the same attack described by the Israelis...
...Palestinian leader who was killed when his headquarters was blown up by Haganah, the Israeli underground, during the 1948 war. The young Hassan went to the American University of Beirut, majoring in engineering, and by the late 1960s had joined the inner circle of Arafat's al-Fatah organization. Besides his activities in behalf of Black September, he was in charge of Fatah's overall security; in recent years he was also known as a skilled fixer with contacts ranging from European radical groups to Western embassies. To Arafat he was an "adopted son." The P.L.O. leader...
Yasser Arafat, whose Al-Fatah commandos last month provoked the latest round of internecine bloodshed by attacking rival guerrilla organizations in several cities, has been desperately trying to redirect the fraternal rage. In an attempt to reconcile the warring factions, he called for the creation of a unified "armed forces of the Palestinian movement" that would join the commandos in a new assault on Israel...
Unfortunately for Israel?and for the prospects for peace in the Middle East?Arafat's pleas seemed to be falling on receptive ears. His archenemy, Abu Nidal, a onetime Fatah member who broke away to establish his own terrorist gang, sent word from Iraq that he was willing to agree to a truce with Arafat, whom he had previously accused of "treason." If the Palestinians manage to patch up their quarrels, they will be able to pay more deadly attention to the Jewish state...