Feuding Fatah officials meet as internal rifts risk poor showing in November election

Officials from the dominant Palestinian Authority party, Fatah, have held internal meetings to address factional rifts ahead of the November elections. The discussions follow the failure of reconciliation efforts between President Mahmoud Abbas and rival leader Mohammed Dahlan.

Instead of bridging the gap with Dahlan, the party is focusing on resolving more manageable internal disputes, specifically between senior figures Hussein al-Sheikh and Jibril Rajoub. The internal divisions threaten to weaken the party's electoral prospects in the upcoming November vote.