There is a “clear declaration of intent to continue the struggle to destroy the State of Israel,” Yesha Council head says.
Convicted murderer Marwan Barghouti in an Israeli court on Aug. 14, 2002. He finished first in the Fatah Central Committee election, May 2026. Credit: Flash90.
( May 31, 2026 / JNS ) The Research and Information Department of the Yesha Council, which represents the approximately 500,000 Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria, published a fact sheet last week stating that many of those elected to Fatah’s Central Committee and Revolutionary Council during its Eighth General Congress (May 14–16) were convicted of terrorism-related offenses in which scores of Israelis were killed.
Fatah is the dominant political party in both the PLO and the Palestinian Authority.




