a militant, nationalist Palestinian political faction opposed to the state of Israel
Origin of Fatah
Ar, literally , victory, conquest: used as a reverse acronym of ?arakat ?ahr?r Filas??n, Movement for the Liberation of PalestineFatah
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Proper noun
- a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Origin
From Arabic فتح (fataḥ), a reverse acronym (meaning literally ‘opening’) for حركة التحرير الوطني الفلسطيني (ḥarakat al-taḥrīr al-waṭanī al-filasṭīnī, “Liberation Organization of the Palestinian Nation”).
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