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Originally part of Fatah, Fatah al-Intifada broke away from the organization in 1983, during the PLO's participation in the Lebanese Civil War.The split was due to differences between Abu Musa and Yasser Arafat over a number of issues, including military decisions and corruption. [5]
The movement remained active during the Lebanese Civil War, and again joined Syria, the Lebanese Shi'a Amal Movement and Abu Musa's Fatah al-Intifada in attacks on the PLO during the War of the Camps in 1984–85, and for the remainder of the Civil War (which lasted until 1990).
Musa, himself a former member of Fatah, used Arafat's public willingness to negotiate with Israel as a pretext for war. In November 1983, Musa's Fatah al-Intifada (Fatah-Uprising) faction fought the Arafatist Fatah for a month at Tripoli, until Arafat once again was on his way to Tunisia by December. Unfortunately for Assad, Arafat's Fatah ...
A breakaway from Fatah led by Abu Nidal: Fatah: 7000 1965-preset Fatah became the dominant force in Palestinian politics after the Six-Day War in 1967. Fatah al-Intifada: 3500 1983–present Splinter group of Fatah PLFP-GC: 2000 1968-preset Syrian-backed splinter group from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: PFLP: 2000 1967 ...
Colonel Saeed Musa Muragha (Arabic: سعيد موسى مُراغة ) (1927 [1] – 29 January 2013) [2] was a Palestinian militant leader who was the founder and leader of Fatah al-Intifada, until his death in 2013. He is well known among Palestinians as Abu Musa (Arabic: أبو موسى).
The rebels captured Nahr al-Bared on 6 November. [1] [2] On 9 November, a ceasefire was agreed upon, while negotiations between the PLO, the anti-Arafat groups, and Syria were initiated under mediation by Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Lebanese third parties such as statesman Rashid Karami, [18] and the Arab League. [2]
The February 6 intifada cemented Hafez al-Assad's reputation as the only Arab leader who stood up against the ambitions on the United States and Israel in a military confrontation, and won. [ 2 ] In Lebanon, politicians generally don't either celebrate, commemorate or condemn the events of 6 February 1984, as doing so would have an ambiguous ...
By the mid-1970s, Arafat and his Fatah movement found themselves in a tenuous position. [ citation needed ] Arafat increasingly called for diplomacy, perhaps best symbolized by his Ten Point Program and his support for a UN Security Council resolution proposed in 1976 calling for a two-state settlement on the pre-1967 borders.